FA, who does not know how to swim, was forced to cross the dangerous Evros-Meric during his initial pushback, his following attempts to re-enter Greece, and each subsequent pushback. Hundreds of migrants have died attempting to cross the Evros-Meric to Greece in recent years. See Carlijne Vos, “De ijskoude rivier Evros slokt migranten op,” deVolkskrant (13 Feb. 2019). In 2017, an 18-year-old Pakistani migrant died from hypothermia after he fell out of the Greek border authorities’ boat into the river while they were pushing him back to Turkey. See Daily Sabah, “Pushed back by Greece, migrant dies of hypothermia,” Daily Sabah (20 Dec. 2017).
