Dutch journalist Ingeborg Boygel is being prosecuted for “facilitating the illegal residence of an asylum seeker”. According to the prosecution, she provided housing in her home on Hydra Island to an Afghan whose application is pending. On Sunday 13 June, police arrested 61-year-old Dutch journalist Ingeborg Boygel on charges that she had sheltered a 23-year-old […]
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NGOs "Mare liberum" accuses Greece of returning asylum seekers to Turkey
From March to December alone, in 321 cases, 9,798 people were forcibly returned to Turkey and thus denied the right to seek asylum, according to the non-governmental organization Mare Liberum. The NGO Mare Liberum has issued a strong condemnation of Greece after the Greek coast guard turned around 300 border trespassers escorted by Turkish […]