After 30 minutes, he said, they reached Greek waters near Lesbos and a panther boat from the Hellenic coastguard approached. By morning, they were dispatched into a liferaft in Turkish waters. International law experts say these activities are in breach of international law including the convention relating to the status of refugees and the European convention on human rights. “What you are seeing is the illegal collective expulsion of refugees from Greek territory,” said Satvinder Juss, a professor of human rights and international refugee law at King’s College London. After being detained in Turkey, Ahmed was released and has since slept in a park in the city of İzmir.

Source: The Guardian September 27, 2020 07:30 UTC