Readmission of asylum seekers to Turkey: What that means for human rights and integration possibilities?
Recent research into the readmission of asylum seekers to Turkey under the EU-Turkey Statement has shed light on key concerns, such as discrimination on the grounds of nationality and barriers to effective human rights monitoring. Likewise, implementation of the Statement was found to prioritise returns, rather than people’s access to asylum.
This Statement which came into force in March 2016 was put forward as a solution to the refugee crisis as it aimed “to end the flow of irregular migration from Turkey to the EU and replace it with organised, safe and legal channels to Europe.” It further aimed to fast-track asylum procedures and, in the case of negative decisions, facilitated returns to Turkey. In exchange, EU member states agreed to take one Syrian refugee from Turkey for every Syrian readmitted from Greece to Turkey.
▻http://www.migrationnewssheet.eu/features/readmission-of-asylum-seekers-to-turkey-what-that-means-for-human
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