US EditionEuropean court rules against Greece over migrant’s illegal deportation, calls practice ‘systematic’
- The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece illegally deported a woman back to Turkey, calling the practice of summary expulsions systematic.
- The court awarded damages of 20,000 euros to a Turkish woman, identified as A.R.E., who was expelled in 2019 without a chance to seek asylum.
- Greece's National Transparency Authority found no evidence of illegal pushbacks after a four-month investigation in 2022, despite ongoing allegations from the U.N. and human rights groups.
- Niamh Keady-Tabbal, a lawyer for the Afghan applicant, criticized the ruling as unjust, claiming Greece uses blanket denials to avoid accountability.
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The case of a Turkish woman pushback by Greek border officials should be part of systematic conduct, says the Court of Human Rights
Strasbourg Court Sides With Illegal Migrants Against Greece
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Greece had been violating migrants’ fundamental rights by subjecting them to “systemic pushbacks” on its borders. The Tuesday, January 7th ruling is the first time that the “systematic” nature of Greece’s alleged human rights violations has been established in law. The term “pushback” refers to the detention of illegal migrants caught inside the country and their forcible return across borders…
For the first time, the European Court of Human Rights recognized it as a 'systematic practice' on the land border between Greece and Turkey, after years of reports
Lithuanian minister expects favourable ECHR decision regarding migrant pushbacks
Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovič hopes that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will treat Lithuania’s policy of turning away irregular migrants differently than it did in Greece’s case.
In Historic Ruling, European Court Finds Greece Guilty of Migrant Pushbacks
Border guards along Greece’s border with Turkey along the Evros River. Credit: Greek government In a historic ruling, the European Court of Human Rights has found Greece guilty of “systematic” pushbacks of would-be asylum seekers, forcibly returning third-country nationals from Greece’s border region of Evros back to Turkey. Tuesday’s decision marks the first time that Greece has been publicly condemned for carrying out a policy it has long deni…
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on Tuesday condemned Greece for the unlawful return of a migrant to Turkey. It found the probable existence of a systematic practice of forced returns of migrants, or "pushbacks".
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