Migrant crisis : Greece starts deportations to Turkey
The first boats carrying migrants being deported from Greece to Turkey have departed under an EU plan aimed at easing mass migration to Europe.
▻http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35956836
#asile #migrations #réfugiés #renvoi #expulsion #refoulement #Grèce #Turquie #accord
quelques images de @EvaCossé sur twitter :
Lesbos dans l’expectative avant le début des renvois de migrants
A la veille des premiers renvois en Turquie de demandeurs d’asile arrivés en Grèce, les préparatifs n’étaient guère visibles à Lesbos, l’une des îles de le mer Egée où affluent les migrants.
▻http://www.rts.ch/info/monde/7619851-lesbos-dans-l-expectative-avant-le-debut-des-renvois-de-migrants.html
Migrants. Confusion à la veille des transferts vers la Turquie
L’accord entre l’UE et la Turquie pour faire face à l’afflux de migrants entre en vigueur lundi 4 avril. Actuellement bloqués en Grèce, les migrants sont inquiets de ce renvoi vers la Turquie et des heurts ont éclaté dans la nuit du 2 au 3 avril.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/migrants-confusion-la-veille-des-transferts-vers-la-turquie#l
Grèce : arrivée de migrants dans les ports pour être expulsés en Turquie
Des autobus transportant des centaines de migrants qui doivent être expulsés vers la Turquie sont arrivés tôt lundi matin dans les ports des îles grecques de Lesbos et Chios, ont constaté des journalistes de l’AFP.
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/sites/ci_master/files/styles/image_original_765/public/afp/e44c2d497769e3deda1b7f9826c1a0957bb4d35f.jpg?itok=EjzT8VoS
▻http://www.courrierinternational.com/depeche/grece-arrivee-de-migrants-dans-les-ports-pour-etre-expulses-e
Greece on brink of chaos as refugees riot over forced return to Turkey
Rival ethnic groups clash in Piraeus and 800 break out of detention centre on Chios as EU deal brings desperation
►http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/02/greece-violence-refugees-riot-forced-return-to-turkey
Réfugiés en Grèce : ce lundi, premiers retours forcés vers la Turquie
C’est ce lundi 4 avril que commencent les « déportations » vers la Turquie des migrants et réfugiés arrivés en Grèce après le 20 mars. 500 devraient être reconduits de Lesbos au port turc de Dikili. Alors que les procédures d’asile et de « relocalisation » sont totalement engorgés, la tension monte dans les « #hotspots », transformés en centres de rétention.
Calm as EU migrant deal takes symbolic first step but true test is to come
Removal of 202 people from Greece to Turkey passes unexpectedly peacefully but observers say these were just the easy cases
First boats returning migrants and refugees from Greece arrive in Turkey
Two boats carrying 131 people from Lesbos and a third carrying 66 from Chios arrive at Turkish port of #Dikili
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/04/first-moves-to-deport-refugees-from-greece-to-turkey-underway
Voici comment les migrants/réfugiés sont renvoyés en Turquie (photo du bateau)
Greece on brink of chaos as refugees riot over forced return to Turkey
The Greek government is bracing itself for violence ahead of the European Union implementing a landmark deal that, from Monday, will see Syrian refugees and migrants being deported back to Turkey en masse.
►http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/02/greece-violence-refugees-riot-forced-return-to-turkey
Aha!
Greece suspends expulsion of migrants to Turkey
The expulsion of migrants from Greece to Turkey has been suspended as authorities admitted that it could take months to process the thousands of asylum seekers stranded on the Aegean islands.
▻http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/05/pic-n-pub-greece-suspends-expulsion-of-migrants-to-turkey
The beginning of the end, or the start of something new?
From today, refugees and migrants who arrived in Greece after 20th March will be returned to Turkey as the result of last month’s widely-criticised deal. This latest attempt to ‘solve’ the migration crisis will likely see images screened around the world of the European authorities ‘being tough’ on those who arrive illegally. It is hoped that this will send a message to refugees and migrants that they are no longer welcome in Europe. At the same time, European leaders hope to show their own electorates that they can be trusted to manage the EU’s borders.
▻http://europesworld.org/2016/04/04/beginning-end-start-something-new
Migrant crisis : Greece halts deportations to Turkey
Greece paused deportations of migrants to Turkey on Tuesday, a day after the first boats took back 202 people under a controversial EU plan to cut off a migrant route to Europe.
So the Greece deportations are going ‘smoothly’? Take a closer look
The first refugees have been returned under the EU-Turkey deal, and there are already concerns about coercion and force being used
▻http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/04/greece-deportations-eu-turkey-refugees
A Deal That Puts Lives at Risk
#It_has_begun. Despite condemnations from human rights groups and a warning from the United Nations refugee agency, the European Union is deporting people from Greece to Turkey as part of a deal it signed with Turkey last month. When Turkey takes back a Syrian who entered Europe illegally, the European Union, under the terms of the deal, is to accept one registered Syrian refugee.
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/opinion/a-deal-that-puts-lives-at-risk.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0
«I respingimenti collettivi dalla Grecia alla Turchia vanno contro la Convenzione di Ginevra»
L’avvocato e docente di diritto d’asilo Fulvio Vassallo: «Il governo turco ha già respinto afghani verso il Paese da cui erano scappati, c’è un’alta probabilità che lo faccia anche con quelli che in questi giorni vengono riportati in Turchia dalle isole greche sulla base dell’accordo tra Unione europea e Ankara». Nel frattempo si sta formando una rete di associazioni internazionali e si apre la possibilità «di un ricorso alla Corte europea dei diritti dell’uomo»
▻http://www.vita.it/it/article/2016/04/04/i-respingimenti-collettivi-dalla-grecia-alla-turchia-vanno-contro-la-c/138895
EU-Turkey refugee plan could be illegal, says UN official
Senior UN figure says deporting people without considering their asylum applications would break international law
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/02/eu-turkey-refugee-plan-could-be-illegal-says-un-official
#illégal
Greece passes law allowing migrants’ return to Turkey
The Greek parliament has passed a law allowing migrants arriving in the country to be returned to Turkey.
Greece on brink of chaos as refugees riot over forced return to Turkey
Rival ethnic groups clash in Piraeus and 800 break out of detention centre on Chios as EU deal brings desperation
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/02/greece-violence-refugees-riot-forced-return-to-turkey?CMP=Share_iOSApp_
La dichiarazione UE–Turchia sulla migrazione: un trattato concluso in violazione delle prerogative del Parlamento?
La Dichiarazione UE-Turchia è problematica anche per un’altra ragione, forse meno evidente: è stata adottata in violazione dell’art. 218 TFUE e in particolare delle prerogative del Parlamento europeo.
►http://rivista.eurojus.it/la-dichiarazione-ue-turchia-sulla-migrazione-un-trattato-concluso-in
Children: The Forgotten Aspect of the EU-Turkey Deal
While policymakers nervously assess the number of migrants and asylum seekers daily arriving in Greece, adding to the population of those already stranded, the situation of children has been overlooked. And yet they comprised 40 percent of the 57,000 arrivals in Greece in February, and nearly half of all Syrian asylum seekers. Meeting their needs and respecting their rights, particularly those who face potential return to Turkey under the just-implemented EU-Turkey deal, which has proven quite controversial with humanitarian organizations, will be no easy undertaking.
▻http://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/children-forgotten-aspect-eu-turkey-deal
Deportations of refugees and migrants from Greece must be halted
Deportations of refugees and migrants from Greece to Turkey must be halted immediately and people wanting to seek asylum should not be kept in detention, said Oxfam, Norwegian Refugee Council and Solidarity Now today in Greece.
L’UE et la Turquie se donnent 10 jours pour un accord sur les réfugiés
L’Union européenne a accepté lundi d’examiner les propositions turques pour enrayer l’afflux de migrants en Europe. Un #accord devrait être conclu d’ici le 17 mars.
▻http://www.rts.ch/info/monde/7554016-l-ue-et-la-turquie-se-donnent-10-jours-pour-un-accord-sur-les-refugies.h
#Turquie #asile #migrations #réfugiés #UE #Europe #externalisation #push-back #refoulement #politique_migratoire
Toute une partie honteuse de cette émission sur les #passeurs
Turkish guards ’attacking’ Syrian refugees and ’pushing them into the arms of smugglers’
Families fleeing the carnage in Aleppo are being greeted at the border with bullets and beatings. Laura Pitel reports from Kilis on Ankara’s increasingly inhumane efforts to put up the barricades
▻http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-turkish-guards-attacking-syrian-refugees-and-pushing-t
Crise migratoire : face à l’Union européenne, la Turquie fait monter les enchères
L’Union européenne s’est donné un délai de dix jours pour finaliser un nouvel accord avec Ankara visant à stopper l’afflux de migrants vers l’Europe. Le sommet entre les dirigeants des Vingt-Huit et la Turquie, achevé dans la nuit du lundi 7 au mardi 8 mars à l’issue de discussions laborieuses, a donc abouti sur la promesse de nouvelles tractations, avec en point de mire un nouveau rendez-vous le 17 et 18 mars à Bruxelles.
▻http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2016/03/08/crise-migratoire-l-ue-s-octroie-un-delai-pour-finaliser-un-accord-avec-la-tu
Autre titre honteux !
L’Europe sauvée par les Turcs
▻http://www.franceinter.fr/player/reecouter?play=1250187
EU-Turkey refugee deal – Q&A
European and Turkish leaders claim their ‘one in, one out’ deal will end the chaotic migration of refugees towards Europe. But key questions remain
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/08/eu-turkey-refugee-deal-qa
One in, one out – the EU’s simplistic answer to the refugee crisis
The proposal that Europe will resettle every Syrian that Turkey allows in from Greece is morally and legally complex
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/07/one-in-one-out-the-eus-simplistic-answer-to-the-refugee-crisis
EU-Turkey deal: Trading in People and outsourcing the EU’s responsibilities
Brussels, 8 March 2016. The EU-Turkey Summit of 7 March 2016 demonstrated a continued lack of moral leadership in Europe’s response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis for refugees in Europe. Focusing yet again on reducing the number of people arriving is a shameful and short-sighted approach which will only result in the opening of new and more dangerous routes for those fleeing violence and state failure.
▻http://ecre.org/component/content/article/70-weekly-bulletin-articles/1406-eu-turkey-deal-trading-in-people-and-outsourcing-the-eus-responsibilities
Cosa dice la bozza di accordo sui rifugiati tra Europa e Turchia e perché non funzionerà
Ogni giorno in Europa arrivano circa 2mila persone da Siria, Iraq e Afghanistan. Lo scorso ottobre l’Europa aveva stabilito che 160mila tra i rifugiati arrivati in questi mesi sarebbero stati ricollocati in diversi Paesi, una quota ciascuno. Quattro mesi dopo, ne sono stati ricollocati 700 e a Idomeni, come altrove, c’è la situazione che vedete ogni giorno nelle foto e nei filmati dei telegiornali e nella foto qui sopra: bambini, donne e uomini vivono così perché non ci sono risorse o volontà di dare loro una stufa, un tetto, una scuola.
▻http://www.left.it/2016/03/08/cosa-dice-la-bozza-di-accordo-sui-rifugiati-tra-europa-e-turchia-e-perche-non-f
EU/Turkey: Migrants are not goods one can barter
Paris, Brussels – FIDH is appalled by the cynical ‘migrant swap’ announced by EU Heads of State and Government and the Turkish Prime Minister on March 7. FIDH calls on the EU and its member States to stop trying to push migrants away at all costs and to create instead legal and safe channels including through increasing their unconditional resettlement capacities.
▻https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/migrants-rights/eu-turkey-migrants-are-not-goods-one-can-barter
A messy but necessary deal
A European bargain with Turkey is controversial, but offers the best hope of ending migrant chaos
(quelle illusion!)
▻http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21694536-european-bargain-turkey-controversial-offers-best-hope-ending-mi
Jeu de dupes sur les réfugiés
A l’issue du sommet du 7 mars, les Européens et la Turquie sont convenus que cette dernière reprendra les réfugiés arrivés en Grèce par son territoire, en échange d’une importante aide financière. Pour Cengiz Aktar, dont le journal a été fermé par Ankara, l’Union renonce à ses valeurs face à un régime sans scrupules.
▻http://www.voxeurop.eu/files/images/article/me.png?1457448240
▻http://www.voxeurop.eu/fr/content/article/5059813-jeu-de-dupes-sur-les-refugies
Inside Europe’s refugee deal with Turkey – is it legal and can it work?
The proposed refugee exchange programme between the EU and Turkey is the most visible example of an evolving European policy of “humane return”. Containment (keeping refugees in the Middle East) hasn’t worked, nor have deflection (razor wire on the Hungarian and Macedonian borders), temporary protection or permanent resettlement. This is the latest arrow pulled from the quiver of failed solutions.
▻https://theconversation.com/inside-europes-refugee-deal-with-turkey-is-it-legal-and-can-it-work
EU-Turkey: Deal or no Deal?
The EU and Turkey are aiming to close the ‘Balkan route’ to Europe. On March 7 2016, the EU mooted a plan to send non-refugees back to Turkey while offering to resettle those people who Turkey has already qualified as refugees. In today’s podcast, Franck Düvell argues that this seemingly simple and straightforward swap faces a litany of legal and logistical uncertainties.
Accordo Ue-Turchia, strada in salita. Spagna e Cipro bloccano l’intesa
Madrid si oppone alle espulsioni collettive mentre Nicosia rifiuta l’apertura di nuovi capitoli negoziali per il processo di adesione di Ankara all’Unione. Tusk: “Intesa da ribilanciare”
▻http://www.redattoresociale.it/Notiziario/Articolo/503327/Accordo-Ue-Turchia-strada-in-salita-Spagna-e-Cipro-bloccano-l-intes
Stop Your Backsliding, Europe
STRASBOURG, France — The protection of refugees is an integral part of the international order for safeguarding human rights that countries developed in the aftermath of the atrocities of World War II. It’s in that context that European nations agreed on an array of rules on human rights and the treatment of refugees, resulting in probably the world’s best-functioning system for protecting them.
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/opinion/stop-your-backsliding-europe.html?_r=1
NEXT OPERATIONAL STEPS IN EU-TURKEY COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF MIGRATION
▻http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/european-agenda-migration/proposal-implementation-package/docs/20160316/next_operational_steps_in_eu-turkey_cooperation_in_the_field_of_migration_
Brussels and Ankara, the bad deal
The migration deal between EU and Turkey is illegal and must be changed, says CoE Commissioner for Human Rights. There are other ways to address the migrants crisis, complying with the member States obligations to protect those who flee wars and persecution
▻http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Regions-and-countries/Europe/Brussels-and-Ankara-the-bad-deal-169174
The draft EU/Turkey deal on migration and refugees: is it legal?
In the last week, there has been considerable legal controversy over the planned EU/Turkey agreement on refugee issues. I commented (together with Emanuela Roman) in general on the relevant points last month, but now we have a leaked draft text of a final deal. (See also today’s Commission communication on the deal, which adds a lot of important detail). This is a good moment to comment specifically on this draft, just before the summit meeting due to finalise it.
▻http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.ch/2016/03/the-draft-euturkey-deal-on-migration.html?m=1
Les flous juridiques de l’arrangement entre l’UE et la Turquie
Deux pays peuvent-ils échanger des réfugiés syriens sans contrevenir aux droits de l’homme ? L’Europe peut-elle bouter un demandeur d’asile hors de son territoire sans remettre en cause ses grands textes fondateurs ? A l’heure où l’Union européenne (UE) et la Turquie travaillent sur un mécanisme de « troc » de migrants, ces questions s’invitent dans le débat.
▻http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2016/03/08/les-flous-juridiques-de-l-arrangement-entre-l-union-europeenne-et-la-turquie
Europe’s Lousy Deal With Turkey
On March 18, the leaders of the European Union reached a controversial deal with Turkey. That agreement, touted as a resolution to the refugee crisis, was in essence a cynical bargain to turn Turkey into a buffer zone. Turkey has agreed to act as a giant refugee holding center, keeping the millions of migrants fleeing conflict in the Middle East from reaching Europe and accepting those sent back from Greece. In exchange, the EU will pay Turkey three billion euros on top of the three billion pledged last November to help care for the refugees. It will also speed up the approval of visa-free travel to Europe for Turkish citizens and revive stalled negotiations over Turkey’s accession to the EU. The EU also agreed to settle a limited number of Syrian refugees—up to 72,000—directly from Turkey to Europe based on a crude “one-in, one-out” trade: for every Syrian smuggled to Greece but returned to Turkey, the EU will legally resettle one Syrian directly from Turkey to a European country. Finally, European leaders promised that once the flood of migration has abated they will implement a “voluntary humanitarian admission scheme,” a vaguely conceived program under which a coalition of willing member states could volunteer to resettle additional refugees.
▻https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/europe/2016-03-29/europes-lousy-deal-turkey
La dichiarazione UE–Turchia sulla migrazione: un trattato concluso in violazione delle prerogative del Parlamento?
L’UE e la Turchia hanno recentemente adottato una Dichiarazione (nell’originale: EU-Turkey Statement; di seguito: Dichiarazione), in forza della quale la Grecia ha già espulso decine di migranti in posizione irregolare. La Dichiarazione è stata oggetto di numerose critiche (Chetail; Labayle and de Bruycker; Mandal; Peers; Roman). Si è espresso, in particolare, il timore che la Dichiarazione consenta all’UE di operare espulsioni di massa verso la Turchia – la quale non pare un “Paese sicuro” per i richiedenti asilo, date le disfunzionalità nel suo sistema di asilo (Peers e Roman). Un altro aspetto controverso della Dichiarazione è il c.d. “programma 1:1”, cioè la regola per cui, per ogni siriano (in posizione irregolare) che l’UE espelle verso la Turchia, questa invierà un altro siriano (rifugiato) in Europa. Questo programma solleva delle problematiche giuridiche – ad esempio, perché discrimina fra siriani e richiedenti asilo di altre nazionalità– ed è moralmente discutibile, nella misura in cui genera una sorta di ‘commercio’ di esseri umani.
►http://rivista.eurojus.it/la-dichiarazione-ue-turchia-sulla-migrazione-un-trattato-concluso-in