# Afghan Boy Challenges Greek Pushback Rules

> A 13-year-old Afghan teen fights impossible evidence rules in European courts with UN case against Greece.
- Title: Afghan Boy Challenges Greek Pushback Rules · EUobserver
- Summary: 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…
- Keywords: afghan, pushback, greek coast guard, european court of human rights, un human rights committee, asylum, refugee status, hazara, samos, turkey, frontex, 2025
- Source: EUobserver — https://euobserver.com/246932/afghan-pushback-survivor-fights-impossible-evidence-rules-in-european-courts-with-new-un-case-against-greecee
- Published: 2026-11-04T17:34:16+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: afghan, pushback, greek coast guard, european court of human rights, un human rights committee, asylum, refugee status, hazara, samos, turkey, frontex, 2025
## 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.
## Key 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.