The report ‘Pushed Back at the Door’ by NGOs from five Eastern EU Members States (Bulgaria,
Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia) presents a bleak picture of Europe’s response to
the biggest humanitarian crisis since the Second World War. Increased border control and the
construction of physical and legal barriers restricting access to protection for people fleeing war
and terror characterize this ‘scary new’ reality. The political discourse shaping legislative and policy
measures in the participating countries is centred around issues of security and terrorism, while
little or no room is left for the obligation to grant the right to asylum and to protection.
https://www.opu.cz/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Pushed-Back-Report-Central-Europe-and-
Bulgaria.pdf