[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Internal police documents analysed by the BBC are said to show how guards have been ordered to recruit migrants by senior officers to push back incoming migrants at the Greece-Turkey land border since 2020.
The investigation also revealed allegations of violence, with witnesses reporting migrants being stripped, robbed, beaten and even sexually assaulted.
The so-called mercenaries, who come from countries such as Pakistan, Syria and Afghanistan, are rewarded with cash and mobile devices looted from other migrants, as well as documents that will eventually allow them passage through Greece, claims suggest.
Forcing migrants and asylum seekers back across international borders without due process is generally considered illegal under international law. |