At the Greek-Turkish border, the European Agency for controlling the
external borders, Frontex, is taking part in a process that prevents refugees
from benefitting from international protection. The latest report of the
FRONTEXIT Campaign, “Frontex between Greece and Turkey: The Border of Denial”,
underlines the dramatic consequences of the intensification of surveillance at
that border (push-backs, lack of access to the asylum procedure, physical and
verbal violence, etc.), and also the Agency’s lack of accountability.
On the basis of dozens of testimonies and numerous exchanges with
Frontex, the report documents the serious Human Rights violations committed in
this centre of gravity of the Agency’s operations. The Council of Europe, the
European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights and the United Nations Special
Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, as well as numerous civil society
organisations have recently expressed their deep concern regarding the
violations committed at that border.
