stop. more than 60 people have died after a fire in a coronavirus ward at a hospital in the southern iraqi city of nasiriya. the cause of the fire is unclear, but reports said it began after an oxygen tank exploded. angry relatives have protested outside the hospital. iraq s prime minister, mustafa al kadhimi, ordered the arrest of the head of the hospital. a senior eu official has warned the greek government to stop the alleged deportation of migrants arriving at its borders. some migrants trying to seek asylum in europe claim that greek coastguards have forced their small boats back into turkish waters. others allege that even after landing in greece they ve been taken back out to sea, actions greece has denied. the bbc s fergal keane reports from the island of lesbos. a warning you may find some of his report distressing. on europe s southern frontier, the guardians of the law are accused of breaking it. wailing.
woman yells out. najma says were then transferred to dinghies with no engines and allowed to drift, before being eventually picked up by the turkish coastguard. greece already hosts thousands of refugees who are applying for asylum in the eu, but campaigners say it s breaking international law by forcing others back. all of these are international obligations. they have to be kept by greece. but also, it s eu law that is not. ..that is violated. because the right to asylum, to seek asylum, is also in the eu charter of fundamental rights. since these scenes six years ago, sentiment has hardened against migrants in europe. and the eu is accused of turning a blind eye to abuses because greece is keeping migrants out. some boats from the eu s own border agency are even accused
we were in regional turkish waters. woman yells out. najma says were then transferred to dinghies with no engines, and allowed to drift, before being eventually picked up by the turkish coastguard. greece already hosts thousands of refugees who are applying for asylum in the eu, but campaigners say it s breaking international law by forcing others back. all of these are international obligations. they have to be kept by greece. but also, it s eu law that is not that is violated. because the right to asylum, to seek asylum, is also in the eu chapter of fundamental rights. since these scenes six years ago, sentiment has hardened against migrants in europe. and the eu is accused of turning a blind eye to abuses because greece is keeping migrants out. some boats from the eu s own border agency are even accused of helping with push backs.
a senior eu official has warned the greek government to stop the alleged deportation of migrants arriving at its borders. some migrants trying to seek asylum in europe claim that greek coastguards have forced their small boats back into turkish waters. 0thers allege that even after landing in greece they ve been taken back out to sea, actions greece has denied. the bbc s fergal keane reports from the island of lesbos. a warning, you may find some of his report distressing. 0n europe s southern frontier, the guardians of the law are accused of breaking it. wailing please! pushing asylum seekers across international border, time and again. loud speaker: greek coast guard, greek coast guard, this is turkish coast guard. you are now pushing back the migrants to turkish territorial waters. quite aggressive how this operation took. place, it s violent. in some cases, shots fired in the air and into the water.
will confirm whether covid restrictions there can be eased as planned. a top eu official has told the bbc that the greek government must stop the illegal deportation of migrants arriving on the country s borders. ?the eu commissioner for home affairs said that the very well founded reports of pushbacks at sea and on land were violations of fundamental european values. human rights groups allege that thousands of people seeking asylum in europe have been pushed back from greece to turkey before being given a chance to apply for asylum. greece has always denied the allegations. fergal keane reports now from the island of lesbos. a warning you may find some of his report distressing. on europe s southern frontier, the guardians of the law are accused of breaking it. wailing. please! pushing asylum seekers