ECHR says Greece violated human rights of 5 unaccompanied migrant minors

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Greece had subjected five unaccompanied migrant minors to inhuman and degrading treatment, and violated their right to liberty and security.
The youngsters, who were Afghan nationals, entered Greece as unaccompanied migrant minors in 2016, when they were between 14 and 17 years of age. They alleged that they had fled Afghanistan because they feared for their lives as members of the Ismaili religious minority.

In February 2016 they were apprehended by the police and ordered to leave the country within a month.

Some of them attempted to cross the border between Greece and North Macedonia but were stopped by the border guards and all eventually ended up in police stations, under "protective custody."
They all applied for asylum in March 2016 and two of them were eventually granted protection in...

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