Migrants tortured by Greek police, illegally pushed back to Turkey

[Dai Toruko]

Three migrants allegedly tortured by Greek security forces and illegally pushed back to neighboring Turkey were found by Turkish border units and are being provided medical treatment in northwestern Edirne province.

Iraqi national Ibrahim Khidir (35) and Egyptian nationals Hassan Mahmoud (18) and Ahmed Samir (26) were found in a rural area, half-naked and exhausted with deep marks from plastic bullets and battering on their bodies. They were taken under protection by soldiers, who gave first aid to the migrants before handing them over to the provincial migration management directorate.

The migrants told reporters that they crossed into Greece with a group of seven other illegal migrants after making arrangements with human smugglers in Istanbul's Esenyurt district. They were held by the Greek police at the coach station in the border district of Didymoteicho while trying to travel to Thessaloniki. They were then taken to a local police station, where they spent two days along with 35 other illegal migrants and were denied any food.

The migrants said they were divided into groups of 10 and boarded boats with two Greek police officers accompanying each and six officers watching guard. They were pushed back to Turkey through the Maritsa River (Meriç in Turkish, or Evros in Greek) forming the border with Greece.


The violence that began at the police station, which included battering with truncheons, shooting with plastic bullets and electroshocks, continued at the riverside and on the boats.

Khidir told reporters that Greek security forces captured him in Didymoteicho and tortured him with electroshocks, rear-handcuffing and plastic bullets fired at his body. His clothes and money were taken when he was detained.

Turkish soldiers treated them very well and took care that they received treatment, according Khidir.

Mahmoud and Samir also said that they were pushed back to Turkey after being stripped of their clothes and beaten up.

Under international laws and conventions, Greece is obliged to register any illegal migrants entering its territory; yet, this is not the case for thousands of migrants were forcibly returned to Turkey especially since the beginning of refugee influx into Europe in 2015. Security sources say that accounts of migrants interviewed by Turkish migration authority staff and social workers show that they were subjected to torture, theft and other human rights abuses. Several migrants were also found frozen to death after being left in desolate areas.


Similar incidents have also taken place on the Aegean, in which migrants and Turkish locals accused the Greek coast guard of deflating their boats or re-routing them back to Turkish territorial waters.

Turkey and the European Union signed a deal in 2016 to curb illegal immigration through the dangerous Aegean Sea route from Turkey to Greece. Under the deal, Greece sends back migrants held in the Aegean islands they crossed to from nearby Turkish shores and in return, EU countries receive a number of Syrian migrants legally. The deal, reinforced with an escalated crackdown on human smugglers and more patrols in the Aegean, significantly decreased the number of illegal crossings.

Bulgarian border authorities were also accused of abuses targeting migrants and pushing them back to Turkey in several incidents.

However, some desperate migrants still take the route across the better-policed land border between Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria, especially in winter months when a safe journey through the Aegean is nearly impossible aboard dinghies.

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkey/2...-greek-police-illegally-pushed-back-to-turkey

 

[Yaseen1]

shame on western civilization for treating humans worst than animals.Black face of western democracy is worst than dictatorship

 

[nahtanbob]

shame on western civilization for treating humans worst than animals.Black face of western democracy is worst than dictatorship

While ancient greece was cradle of Western civilization modern Greece was nothing to do with it
They are living off the hard work of Northern European states

They are free to deport illegal immigrants. this is not acceptable behavior

 

[Clutch]

shame on western civilization for treating humans worst than animals.Black face of western democracy is worst than dictatorship

You shouldn't illegally invade someone's country. Good for Greece... Illigal immigration isn't a right ...
It's a crime.

 

[Yaseen1]

why this not come to their mind when western countries illegally invaded other nations and caused unrest through their proxies which resulted in such illegal immigration of poor public

You shouldn't illegally invade someone's country. Good for Greece... Illigal immigration isn't a right ...
It's a crime.

 

[Nein]

While ancient greece was cradle of Western civilization modern Greece was nothing to do with it
They are living off the hard work of Northern European states

They are free to deport illegal immigrants. this is not acceptable behavior

Greece only got its independance because the Great Powers in the 1800s were all Grecophiles who were fanboys of ancient greece.

For them they all thought an independant Greece would bring about the revival of Ancient Greece but that was proven wrong.

Greece and even Greeks themselves are more closer to Eastern Roman Empire or the Byzantines and the Orthodox Church rather than Ancient Greece and its Pagan heritage.

 

[Clutch]

why this not come to their mind when western countries illegally invaded other nations and caused unrest through their proxies which resulted in such illegal immigration of poor public

Lol... History is no justification for current criminal activities by 3rd world invasion.

The sins of the father cannot be borne by the descendants.

 

[Nein]

why this not come to their mind when western countries illegally invaded other nations and caused unrest through their proxies which resulted in such illegal immigration of poor public

Which western countries??

Greece did not invade Iraq, Afghanistan or even Syria.

Greece barely has a place in global politics.

We need to stop blaming all Western or European countries because of the USA.

 

[Yaseen1]

it is not history as it is ongoing in current period in which we are living

Lol... History is no justification for current criminal activities by 3rd world invasion.

The sins of the father cannot be borne by the descendants.

 

[nahtanbob]

Greece only got its independance because the Great Powers in the 1800s were all Grecophiles who were fanboys of ancient greece.

For them they all thought an independant Greece would bring about the revival of Ancient Greece but that was proven wrong.

Greece and even Greeks themselves are more closer to Eastern Roman Empire or the Byzantines and the Orthodox Church rather than Ancient Greece and its Pagan heritage.

greece is not a part of turkey either

 

[Nein]

greece is not a part of turkey either

True since the byzantines heart were in anatolia modern day Turkey. That has been replaced by the Ottoman Empire and the Turks.

Hence why Greece carries on Byzantiums legacy.

 

[zartosht]

Which western countries??

Greece did not invade Iraq, Afghanistan or even Syria.

Greece barely has a place in global politics.

We need to stop blaming all Western or European countries because of the USA.

-The European countries supported the American plots/ war in Afghanistan that's made it a failed state, terrorist factory and one of the worlds largest refugee producer.

-the European countries supported the American war In Iraq. the birth place of ISIS and many other terrorist entities wreaking havoc everywhere

-the European countries heavily supported gadaffi ouster and bombed and killed him. gadaffi was one of the biggest stoppers of migrants to Europe. now its a failed state where smugglers profit off desperate people and Europeans are getting flooded by migrants.

- the Europeans heavily supported the war campaign against Syria. that caused one of the biggest refugee wavesin the 21stcentury.

IN WHAT WAY ARE THESE EURO COUNTRIES NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS??>

When you go around destabalizing countries, supporting regime change, bombing governments. you don't get to complain when you get flooded by the refugees of the place you torched.

and none of these refugees want to come to Greece or stay there btw. Greece is a transit point to the gravy train of northern euro socialist systems. and I wish them all the luck in the world in getting there.

 

[Nein]

-The European countries supported the American plots/ war in Afghanistan that's made it a failed state, terrorist factory and one of the worlds largest refugee producer.

-the European countries supported the American war In Iraq. the birth place of ISIS and many other terrorist entities wreaking havoc everywhere

-the European countries heavily supported gadaffi ouster and bombed and killed him. gadaffi was one of the biggest stoppers of migrants to Europe. now its a failed state where smugglers profit off desperate people and Europeans are getting flooded by migrants.

- the Europeans heavily supported the war campaign against Syria. that caused one of the biggest refugee wavesin the 21stcentury.

IN WHAT WAY ARE THESE EURO COUNTRIES NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS??>

When you go around destabalizing countries, supporting regime change, bombing governments. you don't get to complain when you get flooded by the refugees of the place you torched.

and none of these refugees want to come to Greece or stay there btw. Greece is a transit point to the gravy train of northern euro socialist systems. and I wish them all the luck in the world in getting there.

I take back my words your right

 

[Islamic faith&Secularism]

Which western countries??

Greece did not invade Iraq, Afghanistan or even Syria.

Greece barely has a place in global politics.

We need to stop blaming all Western or European countries because of the USA.

The mass immigration of human beings is not something new, but mandatory for the solely instinct of survival.

There will be more mass immigration than ever in the short, mid term due to enviromental conditions.

All that is going on for decades/centuries is to stop them in many ways that include wars.

Tomorrow's desertlands are Iraq, Israel, Mullahistan etc. closer to the middle line; therefore must be taken care of in advance... ''cruel'' but ''logical'' solution for some people... the same goes for China, India etc. due to limited resources.

 

[vostok]

The mass immigration of human beings is not something new, but mandatory for the solely instinct of survival.

There will be more mass immigration than ever in the short, mid term due to enviromental conditions.

All that is going on for decades/centuries is to stop them in many ways that include wars.

Tomorrow's desertlands are Iraq, Israel, Mullahistan etc. closer to the middle line; therefore must be taken care of in advance... ''cruel'' but ''logical'' solution for some people... the same goes for China, India etc. due to limited resources.

Most of migrants comes to Europe not because of survival but because of good life - and it is completley different reason.