When is a safe zone safe ? – FORUMASILE

Human rights groups sound alarm over safe zones for Syrian refugees

Areas established for geopolitical goals may put refugees in danger, aid workers and rights groups warn

▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/12/human-rights-groups-sound-alarm-over-safe-zones-for-syrian-refugees

Merkel calls for refugee ’safe zones’ in Syria

German chancellor on a visit to Turkey says “refugees will have more opportunities near their home”.

▻http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/merkel-refugee-safe-zones-syria-160424065956162.html

Dispatches: #ISIS Knocks on the Door of Turkey’s “Safe Zone”

Things are bad when Syrian government barrel bombs rain down on your home and force you to flee to a displaced persons camp. Things are really bad when ISIS comes to your camp and orders you to leave. But when Turkish border troops – working with the European Union to close down routes for people on the move – shoot at you as you flee ISIS to seek refuge abroad? Then, in the words of a displaced old Syrian man I spoke with last week, you “don’t know what to think anymore.”

►https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/18/dispatches-isis-knocks-door-turkeys-safe-zone
#EI #Etats_islamique

Safe Zones Are a ‘Great Messaging Tool’ But Unlikely to End the War

Christopher Kozak, a Syria analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, discusses the larger strategy for Donald Trump’s possible safe zones in Syria, and the challenges of partnering with certain allies in the region.

▻https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2017/02/17/safe-zones-are-a-great-messaging-tool-but-unlikely-to-end-the-war
#guerre #syrie

Are safe zones only ever the least worst alternative for people who cannot flee across an international border?

The first 100 days of 2017 saw 664 people die crossing the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe. The number who died just trying to reach the North African coast is unknown. Is it any wonder, then, there are calls to establish safe zones so that those caught up in conflict and generalised violence do not have to flee at all?

▻https://forumasile.org/2017/06/07/when-is-a-safe-zone-safe

The Tragic Irony of Unlawful Attacks on Civilians in Syria’s De-Escalation Zones

As the world was getting ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve, a video was posted on social media of a man carrying his young son in Idlib, Syria, while a woman desperately tries to shake the boy awake. The child was reportedly killed by one of the dozens of Syrian government-Russian airstrikes that have hit parts of Idlib and Hama since late December.

▻https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/01/10/tragic-irony-unlawful-attacks-civilians-syrias-de-escalation-zones

Le projet est de retour en 2019 :
►https://seenthis.net/messages/805214