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Fewer people are disembarking from Turkey's coast to reach Greece (Photo: tayfun)

Bad weather and Turkey push-backs curb asylum inflows

Bad weather appears to be the main factor in the recent drop in asylum seekers coming to Europe, but reports are also emerging of Turkey sending people back to war zones.

On Wednesday (16 December), Amnesty International accused Turkish authorities of roundin...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Fewer people are disembarking from Turkey's coast to reach Greece (Photo: tayfun)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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