Human Rights Groups Line Up Against Greece Over Alleged Refugee Pushbacks
(WorldNews Greece)

While Greece has repeatedly denied doing so, a coalition of human rights groups and activists are set to release a letter claiming the government is pushing back dinghies and boats carrying refugees and migrants. The group, said the British newspaper The Guardian, includes Human Rights Watch and the Border Violence Monitoring Network, will include a demand for “disciplinary and criminal sanctions” to be brought against those “found to have engaged in such illegal acts,” without specifying who they might be. They said pushbacks are a violation of international law including the convention relating to the status of refugees and the European convention on human...