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EU tells Greece to stop "violent" migrant deportations

FILE PHOTO: European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (not pictured) address a joint news conference at the Interior Ministry in Berlin, Germany, January 14, 2022. Tobias Schwarz/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

The European Union's top migration official told Greece on Thursday to stop "violent" deportations of migrants or risk losing funds.

After becoming one of the main destination points during the migration crisis of 2015, Athens has hardened its policy in the past year by increasing land and sea patrols, extending a border fence and building camps with much stricter security on its islands near Turkey.

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