Greece: Europe's Two-Year-Old Deal with Turkey Traps Thousands in Disastrous Conditions

Press releaseGreece: Europe's Two-Year-Old Deal with Turkey Traps Thousands in Disastrous ConditionsMarch 17, 2018ATHENS /NEW YORK, MARCH 17, 2018 —Two years after the signing of a deal between the European Union (EU) and Turkey, Europe's cynical strategy to contain and return people seeking asylum has trapped thousands of vulnerable people in disastrous conditions on Greek islands, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today, calling on Greek and EU authorities to increase transfers to the Greek mainland.
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