pUSHED bACK | cONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION
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2. SUMMARY
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2.2.1 violation of the prohibition of collective expulsions 2.2.2 risk of violation of the principle of non-refoulement 2.2.3 putting lives at risk, ill–treatment 2.2.4 violation of the prohibition of arbitrary arrest and detention
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1.1 scope and methodology
2.1 key-findings 2.2 systematic human rights violations
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2.3 recommendations
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3. EUROPE’S PRESSURE ON GREECE
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4. PUSH-BACK OPERATIONS FROM EUROPE’S EXTERNAL BORDERS TO TURKEY 4.1 push-back operations from the aegean sea 4.2 push-backs from greek territorial waters 4.3 push-backs from the islands
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4.4 the case of farmakonisi 4.5 push-backs of boats in distress 4.6 push-backs from evros region
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5. DEATH IN THE AEGEAN SEA
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ANNEX – INTERVIEWS
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EPILOGUE
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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