Hundreds of people march through central Athens to protest what they say are Greece’s pushbacks of migrants and refugees at the border with Turkiye
Last week, Turkiye said it found 19 frozen bodies close to the Greek border, accusing Greece of allowing the migrants to die in the winter cold after stripping them of their clothes and forcing them back across the border.
Human rights groups believe such actions, reported by migrants in different parts of the world, are designed to discourage fleeing people from trying to enter a particular country and to look for a different route. Turkiye and international human rights groups have repeatedly condemned Greece's illegal practice of pushing back migrants and asylum seekers, saying it violates humanitarian values and international law by endangering the lives of vulnerable people, including women and children, as Turkiye continues efforts toGreece has denied the accusations, despite evidence piling on theTurkiye is a major crossing point for migrants and asylum seekers from the Middle East, Asia and Africa seeking a...
Most try to cross into Greece by either crossing the northeastern land border or cramming into smuggling boats headed for the eastern Aegean Sea islands.A protester speaks in a megaphone as part of a demonstration in central Athens on February 6.
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