InfoMigrants
By
Marion MacGregor
Published on : 2021/05/17
In the past few months over 2,000 people have been illegally prevented from seeking protection along Europe’s borders, a new report says. Humanitarian groups say the real number is likely to be even higher.
Over three months from January to April this year, at least 2,162 people were stopped at the borders of European countries and illegally turned or "pushed" back, according to a new report.
From border crossings in Italy, Greece, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Hungary, records of pushbacks of migrants collected by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and 10 other civil society organizations in six countries are documented in the Protecting Rights at Borders (PRAB) report: "Pushing Back Responsibility". The report comes after the