(AFP) Hundreds of refugees protested against Greece’s tough migration policies in Athens on Saturday, accusing the conservative government of “murdering” asylum seekers through illegal pushbacks.
“Stop pushbacks, down with the government of murderers,” read one of the banners at the rally in front of parliament. Another read: “The blood of the innocent cries out for justice.”
Some protesters carried signs with the dates of migrant boat sinkings in the Aegean Sea.
Other demonstrators drew a link between migrant deaths at sea and the February 28 train tragedy that left 57 dead and has been blamed on the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
