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Revealed: The EU-funded operations violently forcing asylum seekers across borders

Oct 06, 2021 View Original Article
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    -8% Center

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  • Policy Leaning

    8% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -18% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Analysis of the footage reveals that the masked men were equipped and had uniforms consistent with the Croatian riot police, which receive funding from the EU to assist with border security.
50% : In interviews with the migrants directly after the incident, they said they were from Afghanistan and Pakistan and that they requested asylum when they encountered Croatian police officers.
47% : "They say it's not possible [to ask for asylum] in Croatia.
35% : The teenager, who has lived in Iran for most of her life, before her family fled to Europe, said: "The commandos hit him, kicked him in the back and under the ribs.
34% : Separate footage from Romania shows border guards undertaking pushback operations at the border with Serbia.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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