Greek police using masked migrants to forcibly push other migrants back across border
Mercenaries recruited since at least 2020 for illegal migrant ‘pushbacks’ in Greece, BBC told
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"I was 'totally unaware' about allegations of the use of migrants for pushbacks."
— Greek prime minister , Politician
"Our findings could amount to an 'extremely significant' abuse of human rights."
— Maria Gavouneli , Activist
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