Revealed: EU border agency involved in hundreds of refugee pushbacks

Investigation suggests Frontex's database recorded incidents of illegal pushbacks in Aegean Sea as prevention of departure'

The EU's border agency has been involved in the pushbacks of at least 957 asylum seekers in the Aegean Sea between March 2020 and September 2021, according to a new investigation.

Frontex, the EU's best-funded agency with a budget of 758m, is being investigated over previous allegations of complicity with Greek authorities in illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers, something the organisation has denied.