The European Commission stressed on Friday 20 November that it “expects the national authorities to investigate any allegation with a view to establishing the facts and to properly follow up any wrongdoing, if established”. The institution was reacting to the new images concerning refoulement of migrants at the Croatian border, broadcast by Der Spiegel on 18 November (see EUROPE B12605A20).
If these facts are “proven, what is shown is unacceptable; people cannot be beaten at the...