14.01.2022, InfoMigrants
EU and UNHCR raise alarm over pushback methods in Poland, Latvia and Lithuania
European Union and UNHCR officials have announced that Latvia, Lithuania and Poland still use "pushbacks and other violations of human rights" at the borders to keep migrants out. They added that they are also denying access to aid groups trying to help people in the border region with Belarus. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson, however, did not specify any reason why the EU commission has decided not to take action against the countries for those infringements. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English
Region(s): Baltische Staaten, EuropƤische Union