Greek govt under pressure for migrant pushbacks at Aegean
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL MAY 19, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Migrants arrive with a dinghy accompanied by a Frontex vessel at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek […]
Past wrongdoings by Frontex are alarming and deplorable: EP member
BY ERALP YARAR ISTANBUL OCT 24, 2022 – DAILY SABAH The Frontex logo is pictured during a field visit to its operations in Poland, March 8, 2022. (Reuters Photo) RECOMMENDED Türkiye-EU […]
Breaking Laws at the Borders. Why DER SPIEGEL Is Publishing the EU Investigative Report on Pushbacks
The EU border agency Frontex has sought to cover up human rights violations for several years, but an investigation by the European anti-fraud office OLAF has exposed the treatment of […]
European Commission expects Greece to investigate reports of pushbacks
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL SEP 15, 2022 – 3:16 PM GMT+3 Turkish coast guard units rescue irregular migrants off Çeşme in Izmir, Türkiye, Aug. 3, 2022. (IHA Photo) The […]
Border Lawlessness. Greece’s Slide Toward Authoritarianism
A Commentary By Maximilian Popp Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis poses as a reformer. But his leadership methods are more reminiscent of an autocracy. It is time for the EU to […]
‘Speak out against pushbacks, you’re an enemy of Greece,’ says refugee hero
Iasonas Apostolopoulos was due to be awarded a medal but as views on migrants in Greece shifted he now gets death threats Supported by About this content Katy Fallon in AthensThu […]
Migrant arrivals in EU rises 86% in first 7 months of 2022
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AFP ISTANBUL AUG 12, 2022 – DAILY SABAH A logo of EU border agency Frontex is seen at the agency’s headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 8, 2021. […]
Turkish coast guard detects illegal Greece pushback of migrants
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL AUG 10, 2022 – AA Photo RECOMMENDED EU must fulfill refugee deal obligations: Slovenian President Pahor TÜRKIYE-SLOVENIA-RELATIONS Turkish coast guards saved the lives of irregular […]
Turkey saves 194 migrants pushed back by Greek coast guard
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ANKARA AUG 03, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Turkish coast guard units rescue irregular migrants off Çeşme in Izmir, Aug. 3, 2022. (IHA Photo) The Coast Guard Command rescued […]
Frontex ‘covered up’ illegal migrant pushbacks by Greece: Report
BY AGENCIES JUL 28, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Members of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex stand outside the new closed migrant camp on the Greek island of […]
HRW slams Greece for ‘double standards’ on irregular migrants
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ATHENS APR 07, 2022 A Ukrainian child refugee is playing after his arrival by bus at the Greece-Bulgarian border at Promachonas border post, northern Greece, March 11, 2022. […]
“We Have a Lot of Evidence”. Pressure Growing on Frontex Chief from Pushbacks Investigation
“We Have a Lot of Evidence” Pressure Growing on Frontex Chief from Pushbacks Investigation An investigation by the EU’s anti-corruption agency has put Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri in a tough […]
Turkey ‘has much to gain’ by curbing migration to Cyprus: EU official
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AP ISTANBUL FEB 21, 2022 Area residents block a motorway near a refugee camp to protest what they say are the various problems that have arisen as […]
Turkish Cyprus repeats offer to work with Greek side on migration
BY DAILY SABAH ANKARA FEB 08, 2022 – Protesters stand around a life raft during a demonstration against migrant pushbacks and border violence in central Athens, Greece, Feb. 6, 2022. (AFP […]
Hundreds demonstrate against Greece’s migrant pushbacks
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AFP ISTANBUL FEB 06, 2022 Protesters hold signs and banners as they stand next to a life raft during a demonstration in central Athens, Greece, on Feb. […]
Europe’s Violent Shadow Army Unmasked
Beatings at the Border Europe’s Violent Shadow Army Unmasked Mysterious men wearing balaclavas are beating up refugees at the external EU border or abandoning them at sea. Months of reporting […]