{"id":3980,"date":"2022-10-21T15:11:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T13:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erik-marquardt.eu\/?p=3980"},"modified":"2022-10-21T16:03:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T14:03:27","slug":"anfrage-faelle-von-drift-backs-in-der-aegaeis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erik-marquardt.eu\/en\/inquiry-cases-of-drift-backs-in-the-aegaeis\/","title":{"rendered":"Request: Cases of \"drift-backs\" in the Aegean Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have put a question to the Commission about the documented „drift-backs“ in the Aegean Sea. To my question whether the Commission finally admits these human rights violations at the Greek border I receive once again no answer. The Commission remains vague in its statements and only points out that it has asked the Greek authorities to investigate all allegations. However, it is self-explanatory that this does not yield much when an authority that commits human rights violations itself is supposed to investigate its own misconduct. Now that this is the case, the Commission, as guardian of the treaties, should initiate infringement proceedings against Greece to clarify the widely documented violations of the rule of law and human rights. After all, our borders are only protected if our fundamental rights are also protected at them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find the request with answers in several languages here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My request<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The research agency \"Forensic Architecture<\/a>\" recently reported that the Greek Coast Guard, partly with the assistance of Frontex, has abandoned refugees on life rafts in 1,018 cases so that they would drift back from Greek waters to the Turkish coast, also known as \"drift-back.\" Although there is growing evidence of this practice, the Commission's response to it so far has been very muted and ambiguous, giving the impression that it wants to cover up for the Greek state agencies instead of acting as a guardian of the treaties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n