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The European Union (EU) Commission asked the EU Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) for an emergency meeting on reports that Greece is helping refugees push them back to the open sea.
EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs Ylva Johansson stated that after her contact with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, she convened the Frontex Executive Committee for an “urgent” meeting on 10 November.
Johansson said that in the meeting with Frontex executives, the rejections and protection of fundamental rights in Greece will be discussed.
The Frontex Board of Directors is made up of representatives of the member states and two representatives of the EU Commission.
In the investigation by Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine, it was claimed that Greek border guards pushed the refugees into the open sea to prevent them from reaching Greece and Frontex participated in these operations against international law.
It was claimed that a plane used by Frontex detained the refugees, images of the plane were broadcast live to Frontex headquarters in Warsaw, but Frontex did not send aid for the rescue of refugees in the area.
Although many of the forcible returns by Spiegel and other media organizations must be fully documented, the Greek government denies the forcible return of refugees to Turkey.
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Frontex, on the other hand, claimed that it launched an internal investigation into the news that Greece supported the rejection of refugees in the Aegean, and that no evidence has yet been found to prove the “rejection” allegations.
In the Frontex statement, highlighting that the EU is “determined” to support the protection of Greece’s external borders within the framework of the principle of solidarity with member states, it was argued that Frontex conducts its operations on the basis of law. international.
