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Greek authorities crackdown on critical nonprofits amid backlash for refugee pushback

Greek authorities crackdown on critical nonprofits amid backlash for refugee pushback

Judy Woodruff:

Fifty-seven migrants are presumed dead today off the coast of Libya, as refugees and migrants continue their desperate journey to Europe.

But in the country that’s borne the heaviest load amid the crisis, police in Greece have launched a human trafficking prosecution against nonprofits that help asylum seekers try to avoid being pushed back at sea to Turkey.

Last week, special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reported on violent pushbacks by the Greeks at sea.

But, as Malcolm also found, pushbacks are happening on the River Evros along the land border between Greece and Turkey.

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