HRW | UE / Grèce : Premières expulsions vers la Turquie entachées d’abus
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La première vague d’expulsions sous l’égide de l’Union européenne de 66 migrants de l’île de Chios en Grèce vers la Turquie le 4 avril 2016 s’est faite dans la précipitation et le chaos, et a porté atteinte aux droits des personnes expulsées, a déclaré Human Rights Watch aujourd’hui. En Turquie, les expulsés détenus ont perdu […]
Dispatches : EU Deportations Resume, Troubles Abound
According to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, among the first deportees in early April were 13 people who wished to seek protection in Greece. Our research on the Greek islands suggests that number could be higher.
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Greece Returns 12 Syrians to Turkey; Will Build 4 More Camps
ATHENS, Greece — Greece on Wednesday returned 12 Syrians, including a woman and her four children, to Turkey as part of a European Union-Turkey agreement aiming to stop the flow of refugees and migrants across the Aegean to Europe’s more prosperous heartland.
▻http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/27/world/europe/ap-eu-europe-migrants.html?_r=0
THE EU-TURKEY DEAL IN PRACTICE : JEOPARDISING THE EUROPEAN ASYLUM SYSTEM
On 4 April, the two processes foreseen in the Agreement started simultaneously; 202 people were returned to Dikili in Turkey from Lesvos and Chios, while on the same day 43 people were resettled from Turkey to Germany and Finland. Among the first 202 people returned, 13 wished to claim asylum in Greece, according to UNHCR’s Director of Europe Bureau. They were unable to register their asylum claims as a result of the administrative chaos on the islands. In a more recent and yet more worrying development, Turkey has allegedly detained those people and has announced its intention to deport them back to their home countries (ranging from Afghanistan to DRC), according to media reports.
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Turkey readmitted 386 irregular migrants since March 20: Foreign Ministry
In line with a March deal with the European Union, almost 400 illegal immigrants have been readmitted to Turkey so far, the spokesperson for the Turkish Foreign Ministry has announced, noting that 125 Syrians have been resettled in five EU countries under the same deal.
▻http://www.turkishweekly.net/2016/05/09/news/turkey-readmitted-386-irregular-migrants-since-march-20-foreign-minis