Greece: UN calls for end to ‘deplorable’ migrant pushbacks
By DW
22 February 2022 |
11:30 am
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees slammed not only Greece but all European governments, saying the "deplorable" and illegal acts towards asylum seekers were being "normalized."
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