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Human rights abuses on the European Union’s borders are under-investigated by national authorities, and “a sense of impunity prevails,” an EU report alleged on Tuesday. “There are very few national investigations of incidents resulting in the loss of life and alleged ill-treatment of migrants and refugees at borders,” the report by the Vienna-based EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) said. “Very few national court proceedings lead to convictions.” Border protection is a fraught topic in the EU. Governments – particularly on the union’s eastern and southern frontiers – are under intense publ…

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