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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Renata Brito and Derek Gatopoulos

EU report: Frontex covered up Greek pushbacks of migrants

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A much-anticipated report by the European Union's anti-fraud watchdog into the alleged involvement of the EU border agency Frontex in Greece's illegal pushbacks of migrants to Turkey has concluded that agency employees were involved in covering up such incidents in violation of peoples' “fundamental rights.”

The 120-page Olaf report was made public Thursday by the Germany-based freedom of information portal FragDenStaat together with media organizations Der Spiegel and Lighthouse Reports.

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