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➡️Border externalisation, designed to prevent from entering the EU, lead to inhumane and degrading treatment, refoulement and death of people on the move
➡️We stand for the immediate termination of the EU-Türkiye Deal, as well as all externalization agreements
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➡️Border externalisation, designed to prevent from entering the EU, lead to inhumane and degrading treatment, refoulement and death of people on the move
➡️We stand for the immediate termination of the EU-Türkiye Deal, as well as all externalization agreements
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Because of the Deal…
1️⃣People were pulled back by so called 🇹🇷 coastguards
2️⃣The Aegean islands were turned into open-air prisons
3️⃣> 2,000 people (non-turks) were deported from 🇬🇷 to 🇹🇷, detained and subjected to serious human rights violations
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spiegel.de/international/…
1️⃣People were pulled back by so called 🇹🇷 coastguards
2️⃣The Aegean islands were turned into open-air prisons
3️⃣> 2,000 people (non-turks) were deported from 🇬🇷 to 🇹🇷, detained and subjected to serious human rights violations
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spiegel.de/international/…
4️⃣Since 2021, 🇬🇷 considers 🇹🇷 a “safe country” for people from 5 countries (representing 70% of all asylum seekers)
+ than 7000 asylum claims have been dismissed as inadmissible
Even the 🇪🇺Commission has spokeen out publicly against this decision
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legalcentrelesvos.org/2022/12/06/eur…
+ than 7000 asylum claims have been dismissed as inadmissible
Even the 🇪🇺Commission has spokeen out publicly against this decision
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legalcentrelesvos.org/2022/12/06/eur…
🇹🇷 is not a safe country‼️‼️
People cannot access to asylum procedures (🇹🇷 didn’t sign Geneva Convention). Only 🇸🇾 are eligible for temporary protection
In 2022 almost 240,000 people, most of them 🇦🇫, were pushed back to Iran or Afghanistan
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hrw.org/news/2022/11/1…
People cannot access to asylum procedures (🇹🇷 didn’t sign Geneva Convention). Only 🇸🇾 are eligible for temporary protection
In 2022 almost 240,000 people, most of them 🇦🇫, were pushed back to Iran or Afghanistan
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hrw.org/news/2022/11/1…
🇹🇷 returns people to places where their lives or freedom are threatened
In the first 8 months of 2022; 45,000 🇦🇫 were deported
February and August 2022;
20,000 🇸🇾, including unaccompanied children, were deported after being forced to sign documents
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hrw.org/news/2022/10/2…
In the first 8 months of 2022; 45,000 🇦🇫 were deported
February and August 2022;
20,000 🇸🇾, including unaccompanied children, were deported after being forced to sign documents
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hrw.org/news/2022/10/2…
Since the earthquake people on the move are excluded from the aid relief and have difficulties to basic needs
They were labelled as "looters" and were the target of mob attacks
Representatives of the 🇹🇷 state publicly promoted racist sentiment
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legalcentrelesvos.org/2023/03/18/joi…
They were labelled as "looters" and were the target of mob attacks
Representatives of the 🇹🇷 state publicly promoted racist sentiment
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legalcentrelesvos.org/2023/03/18/joi…
Since March 2020 🇹🇷 doesn’t accept deportations to its territory, but the systematic pushbacks by 🇬🇷 authorities keep people on the move trapped in 🇹🇷
New report confirms the pushback of more than 260,000 people in 2022.
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New report confirms the pushback of more than 260,000 people in 2022.
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https://twitter.com/ecre/status/1617468538272243713
We demand the end of the #pushbacks , in which the right to life and the prohibition of torture as enshrined in the European Convention of Human Rights are routinely violated
We demand remedy mechanisms for the survivors to be implemented immediately!
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We demand remedy mechanisms for the survivors to be implemented immediately!
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