%0 Journal Article %A Enkelejda Koka and Denard Veshi %D 2020 %J International Journal of Law and Political Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 157, 2020 %T Illicit Return Practices of Irregular Migrants from Greece to Turkey %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10010991 %V 157 %X Since 2011, in the name of ‘humanitarianism’ and deaths in the Mediterranean Sea, the legal and political justification delivered by Greece to manage the refugee crisis is pre-emptive interception. Although part of the EU, Greece adopted its own strategy. These practices have also created high risks for migrants generally resulting in non-rescue episodes and push-back practices having lethal consequences to the life of the irregular migrant. Thus, this article provides an analysis of the Greek ‘compassionate border work’ policy, a practice known as push-back. It is argued that these push-back practices violate international obligations, notably the ‘right to life’, the ‘duty to search and rescue’, the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the principle of non-refoulement. %P 45 - 51