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BBC News (30 July 2024)

The EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency is calling for more investigations of alleged human rights abuses of migrants and refugees by the authorities at the EU’s borders, including those in the Balkans, the Mediterranean and the English Channel.

In a new report, the agency, known as FRA, said that despite “the vast number of credible reports” about loss of life and alleged ill treatment on the EU’s land and sea borders, there are very few investigations.

It said the allegations of “serious and life-threatening human rights violations” included physical violence, failure to rescue people in distress, and forced separation of families.

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