Europas namenlose Tote: Viele Flüchtende, die auf der Balkanroute sterben, werden nie identifiziert. Angehörige suchen verzweifelt nach Gewissheit – manche müssen sich den Zugang zu Leichenhallen erkaufen.
Unsere Recherche DER SPIEGEL Lighthouse Reports et. al.

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Exklusiv: Wir haben Screenshots einer internen WhatsApp-Gruppe der „Operation Korridor“ der kroatischen Polizei auswerten können. Sie legen nahe, dass Polizeiführung und Innenministerium von illegalen Pushbacks wussten, sie tolerierten oder gar steuerten.

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Croatia has always denied any knowledge of violent & illegal operations by its own police forcing people seeking asylum back out of the EU

Now we can reveal that top Croatian officials were part of a secret WhatsApp group where such activities were shared & encouraged

Honored that our team is among the three winners and was recognized by the jury European Centre for Press and Media Freedom. There were so many great projects shortlisted, thanks for an inspiring evening!

Check out our new investigation which looks at detention during pushbacks at EU borders.

Our work provide, among other things, new footage of detention practices in Bulgaria and Hungary

Greece has long been rumoured to be using forced recruits in operations against asylum seekers at the border. Now we have evidence which I'll explain 🧵

Exklusiv: Unsere Recherchen zeigen, wie die griechische Polizei Flüchtlinge als Handlanger für illegale Pushbacks missbraucht. Sie werden in den Polizeiwachen entlang des Evros gefangen gehalten, müssen jede Nacht Pushbacks durchführen. #pushbackslaves

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„An Perfidität nicht zu überbieten.“ Wie die griechische Polizei Flüchtlinge dazu zwingt, an der EU-Außengrenze gegen andere Flüchtlinge vorzugehen. Gemeinsame Recherchen von report München mit @LHReports, DER SPIEGEL, Le Monde und The Guardian. tagesschau.de/investigativ/b…

Congrats to the whole team! Nicole Vögele Klaas van Dijken Danka Derifaj Jack Sapoch Bashar Deeb / بشار ديب Giorgos Christides Andrea Beer Srdjan Govedarica Tomas Statius Phevos Simeonidis Andrei Popoviciu Peter Keizer Els van Driel Jerko Bakotin Shafagh Laghai and Lamia Šabić!

This sentence in German 🚦coalition agreement might pose a problem for Croatia (pushbacks).
'For future expansions of the Schengen area, we want to pay particular attention to compliance with rule of law and humanitarian standards in addition to the existing security criteria.'

tomorrow we will present our investigation in an open zoom conference. join us for an interesting discussion.
Jack Sapoch Klaas van Dijken Srdjan Govedarica Lighthouse Reports
free read in ENG
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How did Lighthouse Reports uncover clandestine border operations by EU governments? Nicole Vögele Srdjan Govedarica Jack Sapoch Klaas van Dijken reveal how they used visual evidence, OSINT & money trails to expose Europe’s Shadow Armies. Join us Thurs Nov 11 @ 15:00CET bit.ly/sau-event

1/ For years, the EU's most violent pushbacks have been conducted by men in balaclava. We spent months investigating - who are the masked men? This THREAD unpacks our investigation's findings & methods on pushbacks from Croatia, Romania, and Greece borders

CW: Police violence

EU governments deny the existence of a violent campaign by masked men to turn away refugees at EU borders. Our joint investigation DER SPIEGEL with Lighthouse Reports et al. unmasks these groups – it's Greek and Croatian armed forces. Our Report in 🇬🇧 and thread👇
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Today, in our latest joint investigation, we reveal how a European shadow army made of special forces is violently pushing back asylum seekers in Croatia and Greece. English version of our report to follow soon DER SPIEGEL. Thread 👇
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«Obwohl sich das Drama weit weg abspielt, in bosnischen Wäldern oder im griechischen Meer, geht es uns sehr wohl etwas an. Wir müssen uns dazu verhalten, wenn eine europäische Behörde unseren Kontinent abriegeln will.» ow.ly/2mdk50Fodiu von Philipp Loser