(ANSA) - BELGRADE, MAY 12 - "Greek authorities should
investigate allegations of pushbacks and ill-treatment of
migrants, ensure an enabling environment for NGOs and improve
reception conditions," the Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner
for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovic said today. In a letter to to
the Minister for Citizens' Protection, the Minister of Migration
and Asylum, and the Minister of Shipping and Island Policy of
Greece, Mijatovic stressed that those practices "prevent the
persons who are returned at the border without individual
identification or procedure from putting forward reasons why
such a return would violate their rights, and from applying for
protection." (ANSA).
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