As the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) does not have the power to assess the merits of decisions to return migrants or their requests for international protection, it cannot be held liable for any damage caused by the return of migrants to Turkey, ruled the General Court of the European Union in a judgment delivered on Wednesday 6 September (case T-600/21).
In 2016, a number of Syrian refugees arrived on the Greek island of Milos before being transferred to the island of...