E.U. Border Agency Still Unaccountable on Refugees’ Rights
Following the recent controversy over Syrians returned from Greece to Turkey, journalist Apostolis Fotiadis examines why it is so hard to hold the European agency Frontex to account for violations of refugees’ rights.
►https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/11/18/e-u-border-agency-still-unaccountable-on-refugees-rights
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Le HCR est préoccupé par le retour illégal de 10 ressortissants syriens depuis la Grèce
▻http://asile.ch/2016/10/21/hcr-preoccupe-retour-illegal-de-10-ressortissants-syriens-grece
Ceci est un résumé des déclarations du porte-parole du HCR Adrian Edwards – à qui toute citation peut être attribuée – lors de la conférence de presse du 21 octobre 2016 au Palais des Nations à Genève.
Turkey: Syrians Pushed Back at the Border
(Istanbul) – Turkey has all but closed its borders to Syrian asylum seekers and is summarily pushing back Syrians detected as they try to cross, Human Rights Watch said today. Syrians described Turkish border guards intercepting them at or near the border, in some cases beating them, and pushing them and dozens of others back into Syria or detaining and then summarily expelling them along with hundreds of others.
►https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/11/23/turkey-syrians-pushed-back-border
Greece: Evidence points to illegal forced returns of Syrian refugees to Turkey
Greece has illegally returned at least eight Syrian refugees to Turkey without respecting procedural guarantees or considering their asylum claims, documentation and testimonies obtained by Amnesty International reveal.
▻https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/10/greece-evidence-points-to-illegal-forced-returns-of-syrian-refugees-to-turk
E.U. Border Agency Still Unaccountable on Refugees’ Rights
Following the recent controversy over Syrians returned from Greece to Turkey, journalist Apostolis Fotiadis examines why it is so hard to hold the European agency Frontex to account for violations of refugees’ rights.
►https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/11/18/e-u-border-agency-still-unaccountable-on-refugees-rights