THE STORY WAS UPDATED
It is usually the rule rather than the exception that everywhere EU’s Frontex polices with local border guards the border, “European values” are thrown under the bus or underwater in most cases. For this reason, some fear that Finland’s pushback law will be just another example of the corruption, violations, and death that characterize the policing of EU borders.
Migrant Tales was recently in touch with an Iraqi asylum seeker who was caught this month on the Greek side of the Ervos River. Migrant Tales took part of a documentary about the abuses and violations at the Evros River.

The point where the asylum seeker was apprehended, robbed, and beaten by the Greek authorities. Source: Asylum seeker.
He alleges:
“Yes, [I was beten] in my hand, in my head, and in my back. They put me on the ground and took off all my clothes. I was hiding money in my underwear, an amount of 5,000 euros, a wedding ring with my name and my ex-wife’s name written on it, name omitted, a ring, a silver bracelet, a watch that my wife bought as a wedding gift, and a phone. iPhone 11 Pro Max I bought it in Finland name of city omitted. My wife bought it for me as a gift and it contains a Finnish SIM card and phone numbers; I also bought a Galaxy phone from Turkey and headphones. They hit me in the head because I did not accept to open the phone for them and then they hit me again and I could not bear it and gave them the code. All of this was taken from me, all of this in front of the Greek Army.”
We were put on a small boat that sent us to the Turkish side of the river. Turkish officials traated us better, gave us water and sent us to Istanbul. They told us not to cross the river again.
Are you reading this, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen?
How can this happen right under your nose?
I get it. You plan to give the green light to Finland’s pushback law because you would care less for the lives of those that you are trying to keep out thanks to Europe’s foreign policy and colonial past.
Even Finnish President Alexander Stubb was quoted as saying in Politico that the pushback law, which is a clear violation of Human Rights, the Finnish Constitution, and international agreements, has support from the EU.
Writes Politico: “President Alexander Stubb said that the law has the support of other EU countries after last week’s meeting of the European Political Community in the U.K. “Many people came to say that the instrument looks good, especially the leaders of the Baltic countries. And it may be that they go out and copy it,” said Stubb.”