Violence at the border: the case of pushbacks
Channel: Community Peacemaker Teams
Date: 19/05/2022

Violence at the borders against migrants and refugees is an ongoing phenomenon that takes many different forms. In this webinar we will present the particularly deadly practice of push-backs, which is illegal according to international law and is systematically used by the Greek state. Push-backs are extremely violent and dangerous deportations of migrants, either in the middle of the sea borders or upon arrival on Greek territory. Migrants are denied the legal right to seek asylum. We will focus on the push-backs that have taken place in the Aegean Sea, and talk with the Legal Centre Lesvos, which monitors push-backs and undertakes legal representation of the victims of this practice.

Join the Aegean Migrant Solidarity team in conversation with the Legal Centre Lesvos, which has been documenting pushbacks in the Aegean sea and offering legal support to the victims of this practice.