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Jennifer Rankin and Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

EU calls for independent inquiry into Greece ‘pushback’ of asylum seekers

A dinghy approaches the Greek island of Lesbos.
A dinghy approaches the Greek island of Lesbos. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

EU authorities have called on Greece to conduct an independent investigation into video footage that purports to show the forced expulsion of asylum seekers from its territory.

In a statement on Twitter released the day after Greek elections, the EU home affairs commissioner, Ylva Johansson, said her officials had written to Athens with a formal request “that this incident be fully and independently investigated”.

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