In response to the questionnaire of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on “pushback practices and their impact on the human rights of migrants”, this document provides Amnesty International’s input on select patterns of pushbacks of migrants and refugees in Europe with a focus on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Slovenia and Spain. This submission is largely based on previously published research by Amnesty International, links to which are available in the Annex.
Index Number: IOR 40/3669/2021