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
Türkei fängt 1300 Flüchtlinge ab
Nur Stunden nach der Übereinkunft mit der Europäischen Union (EU) über die Begrenzung des Flüchtlingsstroms haben die Behörden der Türkei rund 1300 Migranten festgenommen, die offenbar über das Meer nach Griechenland wollten.
Im Nordwesten der Türkei haben Behörden rund 1300 Flüchtlinge festgenommen, die offenbar Richtung Griechenland weiterreisen wollten. Zudem seien während des Einsatzes in der Hafenstadt Ayvacik vier Schlepper gefasst sowie mehrere Flüchtlings - und Motorboote beschlagnahmt worden, meldete die staatliche Nachrichtenagentur Anadolu am Montag. #Ayvacik ist der Hauptdurchgangsort für Fahrten zur griechischen Insel Lesbos.
▻http://www.nzz.ch/international/tuerkei-faengt-1300-fluechtlinge-ab-1.18655301
#emprisonnement #détention_administrative #externalisation #Turquie #réfugiés #migrations #asile #Europe
cc @reka
Turkey arrests 1,300 asylum seekers after £2bn EU border control deal | World news | The Guardian
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/30/turkey-arrests-1300-asylum-seekers-after-2bn-eu-border-control-deal
Turkey has stepped up a crackdown on people smuggling, arresting 1,300 asylum seekers in a single operation just hours after the country promised to curb the flow of refugees to Greece in exchange for financial aid from the EU.
Hundreds of Syrians, Afghans, Iranians and Iraqis and three people smugglers were seized on Monday in the countryside near Ayvacık, a Turkish town north of the Greek island of Lesbos, Reuters and the Associated Press reported. According to the UN, about 425,000 people have arrived in Lesbos in smuggling boats this year, while a further 300,000 have reached other Greek islands from Turkey – leading the EU to criticise its eastern neighbour for not doing enough to police its own border.
UE-Turquie : enfermer les migrants, réprimer les mouvements, bombarder le #Kurdistan
Les ambitions de l’Union européenne sont claires : éviter que les migrants n’arrivent sur le sol européen, et pour cela payer le prix qu’il faudra. Celles de la Turquie également : disposer d’une marge de manœuvre plus large pour mettre en place librement la politique qu’elle entend mener. Au milieu se trouvent des milliers d’hommes, de femmes, d’enfants. L’opinion de Migreurop.
►http://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/articles/ue-turquie-enfermer-les-migrants-reprimer-les-mouvements-bombarde
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/sites/default/files/styles/node_embed/public/multimedia_images_2015/2015-11-23_turkey_syrian_refugees.jpg?itok=A76qnnqI
►https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/11/23/turkey-syrians-pushed-back-border
[ENG] Eldiario.es: Turkish coastguards detained 752 people close to Çanakkale coasts while they tried to reach Lesvos island, according to civil servants working at Turkish coastguards’ headquarter. Coastguards carried out 8 simultaneous operations along the coast. The body of one unidentified man was found as well. This ’coincides’ with the agreement sealed on Sunday 29th between the European Union and Turkey that urges the latter to control European external border and prevent refugees from crossing.
Hurriyet Daily News: According to the Turkish online newspaper, 1,300 migrants were captured in 8 simoultaneous raids on 29th November (when EU and Turkey were sealing the agreement!). “Three alleged traffickers were detained during the operations, while one gun, four boats and six boat engines were seized, Doğan News Agency reported.
The operations were conducted by around 250 gendarmerie officers on Nov. 29. Around 1,300 migrants who were detained during the operations were sent to the deportation center in Çanakkale’s Ayvacık, which has a capacity of only 84 persons.”
Interesting statistic: “The number of migrants saved after making failed attempts to cross via sea from Turkey into Europe has increased by over 500 percent in 2015 compared to last year.”
Reading Turkish coastguards’ website: Polices and gendarmes carry out these days for months. In July, more than 600 people were apprehended in one night.
Personal questions:
– Do media emphasize this operation because an agreement was signed between Turkey and the EU 2 days ago? Is the situation really changing?
– How is it possible to detain 1,300 persons in one detention centre built for up to 82 persons?
Articles:
▻http://www.eldiario.es/desalambre/refugiados-detenidos-Turqia-intentaban-Lesbos_0_457754535.html
Turquía cumple su parte del trato con la UE y detiene a 752 refugiados
752 refugiados y solicitantes de asilo fueron detenidos frente a la costa de la provincia de Çanakkale, cuando intentaban llegar a la cercana isla griega de Lesbos el lunes, según aseguraron funcionarios de la guardia costera turca al medio local Daily Sabah. La operación coincide con el acuerdo firmado este domingo entre Turquía y la Unión Europea para contener el flujo de refugiados a cambio de recibir 3.000 millones de euros.
Los guardacostas turcos realizaron las detenciones en operaciones simultáneas en ocho puntos diferentes. Entre las personas detenidas hay sirios, afganos, iraquíes e iraníes. Durante la operación, también se ha recuperado el cuerpo sin vida de un hombre que por el momento no ha sido identificado.
La Unión Europea se comprometió este domingo a conceder 3.000 millones de euros a Turquía para los más de 2,2 millones de refugiados sirios que acoge, así como a acelerar el proceso de adhesión del país a la UE y la liberalización de visados, a cambio de que Ankara contenga la inmigración hacia Europa.
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www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-coast-guard-detains-1300-migrants-on-northwestern-sea-border.aspx?pageID=238&nID=91889&NewsCatID=341
Turkish coast guard detains 1,300 migrants on northwestern sea border
Some 1,300 migrants were detained off the coast of northwestern Çanakkale province as they attempted to reach the nearby Greek island of Lesbos on Nov. 29, Turkish coast guard officials have said.
The Turkish coast guard made the detentions after carrying out simultaneous operations at eight different locations. Those held included Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis and Iranians, Anadolu Agency reported.
During the operation, the dead body of an unidentified male migrant was also retrieved.
Three alleged traffickers were detained during the operations, while one gun, four boats and six boat engines were seized, Doğan News Agency reported.
The operations were conducted by around 250 gendarmerie officers on Nov. 29. Around 1,300 migrants who were detained during the operations were sent to the deportation center in Çanakkale’s Ayvacık, which has a capacity of only 84 persons.
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The number of migrants saved after making failed attempts to cross via sea from Turkey into Europe has increased by over 500 percent in 2015 compared to last year.
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Wie Lesbos auf die Türkei hofft
Auf der griechischen Insel leben kaum 100’000 Menschen. Doch 500’000 Flüchtlinge sind schon gekommen. Die Einwohner fragen sich: Hält die Türkei ihr Versprechen?
▻http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/durchatmen-auf-lesbos/story/23710866
UE-Turquie : enfermer les migrants, réprimer les mouvements, bombarder le Kurdistan
Les ambitions de l’Union européenne sont claires : éviter que les migrants n’arrivent sur le sol européen, et pour cela payer le prix qu’il faudra. Celles de la Turquie également : disposer d’une marge de manœuvre plus large pour mettre en place librement la politique qu’elle entend mener. Au milieu se trouvent des milliers d’hommes, de femmes, d’enfants. L’opinion de Migreurop.
►http://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/articles/ue-turquie-enfermer-les-migrants-reprimer-les-mouvements-bombarde
Europe has a deal with Turkey, but migrants will keep coming
IN A run-down building in the Tarlabasi district of Istanbul, 24-year-old Zehra, a refugee from Aleppo, lives in a tiny apartment with her husband, mother-in-law, and children. Her youngest, a little girl, was born just a month ago in a Turkish hospital—one of 70,000 Syrian babies born in Turkey since the civil war started in 2011, according to refugee agencies. She faces a precarious future. Zehra says they have received no government aid, and her husband can find only occasional work as a rubbish collector. Few Syrian children attend Turkish schools; instead they roam the streets of Turkish cities selling water or tissues. No wonder so many Syrians brave the short ocean crossing to Greece, hoping for a new life in Europe. Some 127,000 migrants arrived in Europe by sea in November, following on from over 200,000 in October.
▻http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21679333-refugees-misery-still-drives-them-leave-europe-has-deal-turkey-m
Turkish crackdown leaves refugees in limbo
With the EU outsourcing border security to Ankara, refugees are stuck in Turkey and aid groups say people-smuggling is being pushed deeper underground
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/10/turkish-crackdown-leaves-refugees-limbo?CMP=share_btn_tw
Turkey Detains Hundreds of Asylum Seekers
The EU offered Turkey lots of cash to stem the flow of people entering Europe. Hours later, Turkey detained 1,300 refugees and migrants.
▻https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish/videos/650936048381239
EU unhappy with Turkish efforts so far to curb migrant inflow
The European Union is far from satisfied yet with the results of Turkish efforts to hold back migrants sailing to Greek islands and will discuss the problem in Ankara on Monday, a senior EU official said.
▻http://www.ekathimerini.com/204850/article/ekathimerini/news/eu-unhappy-with-turkish-efforts-so-far-to-curb-migrant-inflow
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EU tells Turkey migrant flows ’still way too high’
The EU plans to offer Turkey billions of dollars in aid to stem the exodus of refugees into Europe has so far had little effect. Thousands continue to make the perilous journey every day.
▻http://www.dw.com/en/eu-tells-turkey-migrant-flows-still-way-too-high/a-18972085
*Les espoirs déçus de l’accord entre la Turquie et l’UE sur les migrants*
L’Union européenne (UE) commence déjà à douter du plan d’action signé fin novembre à Bruxelles avec Ankara. Les Vingt-Huit espéraient surtout qu’il aboutisse vite à un arrêt brutal des flux de migrants. Or, les chiffres restent pour l’instant importants : environ 2 000 passages par jour depuis le 1er janvier entre la Turquie et les îles grecques de la mer Egée.
▻http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2016/01/09/les-espoirs-decus-de-l-accord-entre-la-turquie-et-l-union-europeenne-sur-les
“Europe’s Gatekeeper”. Amnesty International’s insight on asylum seekers’ detention in Turkey
At the end of the year 2015 the European common migration policy has been dominated by the stiff conviction that, in order to solve the so called “migration crisis”, the Union should prevent them from crossing the European borders.
▻http://www.asylumcorner.eu/europes-gatekeeper-amnesty-internationals-insight-on-asylum-seekers-det
#détention_administrative #rétention
Turkey ’acting illegally’ over Syria refugees deportations
Stray dogs prowled around the entrance. The fence was topped with barbed wire. It was an icy cold morning.
▻http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35135810
#réfugiés_syriens
‘EU refugee deal should not overshadow right violations in Turkey,’ jailed Turkish journalist says
Jailed Turkish journalist Can Dündar has sent the Italian prime minister an open letter arguing the rapprochement between Turkey and the European Union over refugees should not overshadow violations of fundamental rights and freedoms in Turkey during the country’s EU accession process.
▻http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/eu-refugee-deal-should-not-overshadow-right-violations-in-turkey.