Tineke Strik (Greens/EFA, the Netherlands) and Cornelia Ernst (GUE/NGL, Germany) denounced, on behalf of their respective groups, the violence against refugees at the Croatian border on Wednesday 12 February. Both were speaking in a plenary debate on the humanitarian situation at the Union’s external borders.
The Dutch MEP deplored the fact that, “according to multiple testimonies, especially on the borders of Croatia”, the return of refugees is accompanied by violence.
“During our...