The European Court docket of Human Rights has dominated that Athens violated migrants’ rights via compelled ‘pushbacks’ with out correct assessment
The European Court docket of Human Rights (ECHR) has dominated that Greece violated the rights of asylum seekers by illegally returning them to Turkey with out analyzing their claims.
The courtroom referred to those actions as “systematic pushbacks,” citing proof of repeated expulsions from the Evros border area. The ruling on Tuesday marks the primary formal condemnation of Athens for such practices, based on media studies.
The case was taken by a Turkish nationwide, recognized as A.R.E., who claimed she was forcibly expelled from Greece in 2019 with out being given a chance to use for asylum. The courtroom concluded that her rights underneath the European Conference on Human Rights had been violated, together with her proper to hunt worldwide safety. As a part of the judgment, the courtroom awarded A.R.E. €20,000 in damages.
The ECHR’s determination drew on proof offered by non-governmental organizations and the UN Refugee Company (UNHCR), which have persistently raised issues over Greece’s border practices. “There have been robust indications to recommend that there had existed, on the time of the occasions alleged, a scientific observe of ‘pushbacks’ of third-country nationals by the Greek authorities, from the Evros [border] area to Turkey,” the courtroom stated in its judgment. Such expulsions, it added, had occurred with out due authorized course of or a chance for people to hunt asylum.
Greek officers have persistently denied accusations of pushbacks, sustaining that their border enforcement measures adhere to worldwide and EU regulation. In accordance with media studies, the Greek authorities has but to concern a proper response to the ECHR’s newest ruling.
The problem of asylum seekers stays a major problem throughout the European Union. Within the first half of 2024, EU international locations acquired roughly 513,000 asylum purposes, indicating that the entire for the 12 months might attain round a million, much like 2023 ranges, The Occasions reported.
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