Published : 23-05-2022
Incidents of racist violence have been increasingly reported among Palestinian refugees and other asylum seekers in Greece.
Recently, a number of Palestinian refugees said they were heavily beaten by Greek coast guards after they crossed the Evros River, on the Greek-Turkish borders.
Testimonies by the Consolidated Rescue Group confirmed that migrants were subjected to money and property theft by the Greek coast guards. A refugee was forced to eat sand before he was aggressively beaten. Another refugee was strangled with a phone charger.
The Group added that 300 migrants were detained for one day in a dirty place before they were forced to cross the river and return to Turkey on the following day.
Greece has seen a massive influx of migrants since 2015, with thousands of people from war-torn countries like Syria seeking safety there. They either cross the Aegean Sea to get to the small southeast European country or its land border with Turkey.
Incidents of racist violence have been increasingly reported among Palestinian refugees and other asylum seekers in Greece.
Recently, a number of Palestinian refugees said they were heavily beaten by Greek coast guards after they crossed the Evros River, on the Greek-Turkish borders.
Testimonies by the Consolidated Rescue Group confirmed that migrants were subjected to money and property theft by the Greek coast guards. A refugee was forced to eat sand before he was aggressively beaten. Another refugee was strangled with a phone charger.
The Group added that 300 migrants were detained for one day in a dirty place before they were forced to cross the river and return to Turkey on the following day.
Greece has seen a massive influx of migrants since 2015, with thousands of people from war-torn countries like Syria seeking safety there. They either cross the Aegean Sea to get to the small southeast European country or its land border with Turkey.
