CONTENTS
1. Introduction: EU’s Frontier in the Eastern Mediterranean: the Greece-Turkey Border ........5
2. Crossings from Turkey to Greece .................................................................................7
3. Collective expulsions (push-backs) on the Greece-Turkey Border ....................................9
3.1. Push-back operations putting lives at risk ............................................................11
3.2. Ill-treatment during push-back operations ...........................................................13
4. Sweep operations resulting in collective expulsions ....................................................15
5. Prolonged detention of asylum seekers and irregular migrants ......................................17
5.1. Detention conditions .........................................................................................19
5.2. Detention of children ........................................................................................21
6. Conclusion: Shared EU Responsibility for its External Borders .....................................24
Recommendations ......................................................................................................26
Glossary .....................................................................................................................28
Endnotes ...................................................................................................................29