MSF exposes Greece's normalization of abusive pushbacks against migrants, revealing a EU policy that overlooks violence against those in need.
Doctors Without Borders reports that Greece is normalizing abusive pushbacks of migrants, revealing a disturbing EU policy that ignores violence against those seeking refuge.Greece has “normalised” abusive pushbacks of migrants under a broader EU policy that ignores violence against people in need, the international charity Doctors Without Borders said on Thursday.
“MSF teams have borne witness to how normalised pushbacks have become, and to the stark absence of protection for people who seek safety in Greece,” MSF said in a report. MSF said the current situation at Europe’s borders “is the result of EU policies that condone and enable continued violence against individuals in need.”
The organisation said it had recorded testimonies of “violence, physical assault, strip searches and intrusive body searches on children, women and men” by uniformed officers and unidentified masked individuals.Between August 2021 and July 2023, MSF said its teams on the Aegean islands of Samos and Lesbos treated 467 survivors of sexual violence and 88 patients who had survived female genital mutilation in their country of origin.
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