Report finds no link between Swiss funds and EU border pushbacks

Did Switzerland co-finance illegal pushbacks at the EU’s external borders? An independent report has found no evidence to suggest a direct connection. For refugees seeking protection who arrive at the outer borders of the European Union (EU), the right to access a fair asylum procedure is repeatedly flouted. So-called pushbacks are an example of this: migrants are violently forced back at the border, an action which violates the European Convention on Human Rights. Switzerland is not an EU…