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Afghan Boy Challenges Greek Pushback Rules
A 13-year-old Afghan teen fights impossible evidence rules in European courts with UN case against Greece.
In brief
A 13-year-old Afghan teen fights impossible evidence rules in European courts with UN case against Greece. An Afghan teenager who survived a pushback in Greece has filed a UN case against Greece after European courts rejected his asylum claims due to lack of evidence. Originally reported by EUobserver.
Afghan teen's asylum journey
A 13-year-old hazara teenager fled Afghanistan in 2018 during Taliban violence, traveling by rubber dinghy to greek island samos.
Rejected asylum claims
His asylum requests were ignored in iran, turkey, and samos refugee camp, leading to a coast guard pushback to turkey in 2020.
UN case against greece
The boy filed a un human rights committee case against greece in 2025 after european courts rejected his asylum claims due to lack of evidence.
The takeaway
An Afghan teenager who survived a pushback in Greece has filed a UN case against Greece after European courts rejected his asylum claims due to lack of evidence.
