MIGRANT PUSHBACK OPERATIONS - A HUMANITARIAN APPROACH BASED ON A REPORT ON WAYS TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF MIGRANT PUSHBACK OPERATIONS BY LAND AND SEA ON HUMAN RIGHTS
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Utilizing a humanitarian approach, migrant pushback operations represent policies and measures that undermine the international protection afforded to migrants, including refugees, and breach international principles and obligations as established by international human rights and refugee laws. These operations typically involve the forced return of migrants to their countries or regions, or out to sea, and are marked by their rapid execution without providing access to judicial recourse due to the summary procedures employed.
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