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Footage from the New York Times video, showing masked men taking asylum seekers out of the back of an unmarked van (Photo: Screengrab/NYT)

EU relying on 'ineffective' Greek body to probe pushback video

The European Commission says it is up to Greece to investigate illegal pushbacks of refugees after the New York Times published video evidence of Greek authorities abandoning people at sea, including a six-month old baby.

Such an investigation would involve the Greek national transparency authority — an institution that has been described as politically compromised and ineffective.

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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.

Footage from the New York Times video, showing masked men taking asylum seekers out of the back of an unmarked van (Photo: Screengrab/NYT)

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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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