This report from the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR) contributes to an existing body of extensive documentation of the Greek state’s illegal pushbacks practice, by providing particularly detailed descriptions of twelve pushback cases at the Evros border region occurred in 2023 and legally represented by GCR before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). These victims’ testimonies offer a disturbing insight into the organized and systematic nature of these illegal practices of the Greek authorities, in consistency with reports from national and international human rights bodies, institutions and organizations, documenting the same modus operandi. Furthermore, the report highlights the systemic issue of ineffective investigations into reports and complaints for pushbacks and rights violations at the EU’s external borders, that contribute to an environment of total impunity, by presenting details on the investigation and recent judicial developments of three pushback cases, legally represented by GCR before the ECtHR, along with official statistics on Greek judicial investigations and cases brought before the ECtHR. 2 © Greek Council for Refugees 2024. Published in November 2024. This report was authored by Alkistis Agrafioti Chatzigianni, Advocacy Officer and Lawyer, and Klotildi Prountzou, Lawyer at GCR. GCR acknowledges the valuable contributions of the lawyers and translators who have supported the cases presented in the report. This report was prepared as part of a project funded by OXFAM. This publication is protected by copyright but the text may be used free of charge for advocacy, campaigning, education, and research purposes, provided that the source is acknowledged in full. The copyright holder requests that any such use is notified to them for impact assessment purposes. AT EUROPE’S BORDERS: PUSHBACKS CONTINUE AS IMPUNITY PERSISTS