4/On the argument that #pushbacks were 'prevention of departure': the definition [..] requires review, in the view of the Working Group. According to FX, this definition
covers cases where third-country nationals are intercepted at sea by third-country authorities in their
5/territorial waters when attempting to enter illegally in EU territorial, and the migrants are returned to the port of departure. [...] A voluntary return is not included in this definition' (i.e. the claim that boats 'voluntarily chaanged direction & returned to 🇹🇷 waters).
6/ To emphasise: this information comes from internal FX reports & member states' teams deployed in the Aegean, not from Turkish sources or evil journalists & investigators paid by Erdogan/Soros etc
Full report: https://www.statewatch.org/media/1814/frontex-wg-push-backs-preliminary-report.pdf
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