16.02.2016  

European Commission delivers legitimization to violate refugee rights

On 18th and 19th Febru­ary, the Heads of the EU Mem­ber Sta­tes will meet in Brussels. In pre­pa­ra­ti­on for this mee­ting, the Euro­pean Com­mis­si­on has published docu­ments that pro­vi­de the Heads of Sta­tes with argu­ments their decis­i­ons of the sum­mit will be groun­ding on (Sta­te of Play of Imple­men­ta­ti­on of the Euro­pean Agen­da on Migra­ti­on,
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30.01.2016  

PRO ASYL opposes the refoulement of asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey

PRO ASYL cate­go­ri­cal­ly oppo­ses plans by the Dutch and pos­si­bly the Ger­man govern­ment to fer­ry asyl­um see­kers from Greece back to Tur­key. “Tur­key is not a safe third coun­try. Through the­se actions, refu­gees’ human rights are effec­tively sus­pen­ded,” says Gün­ter Burk­hardt, PRO ASYL’s mana­ging direc­tor. Tur­key would beco­me “Europe’s refu­gee camp, and the human rights
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