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International refugee charity calls for Greek border investigation after openDemocracy report

Exclusive: Greek MP also expresses ‘horror’ after oD investigation found 233 Turkish asylum seekers were allegedly subjected to illegal pushbacks by Greek border forces

By Walid el Houri
International refugee charity calls for Greek border investigation after openDemocracy report
Photo taken on March 2, 2020, shows refugees and migrants coming off a boat after arriving on the island of Lesvos, Greece
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A leading international refugee charity has called for an independent investigation after a report by openDemocracy revealed that hundreds of refugees had been illegally pushed back by Greek authorities on the country’s border with Turkey.

The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), an alliance of 105 NGOs across 39 countries, told openDemocracy it wants the Greek authorities to “ensure an independent mechanism to investigate the violations at their border”.

“Greek authorities are not in the right place to conduct an investigation of their own violations. A serious investigation should surely be independent,” a spokesperson for the ECRE said.

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