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Human rights violations by design : EU-Turkey statement prioritises returns from Greece over access to asylum
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Policy Briefs; 2017/29; Migration Policy Centre
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ALPES, Maybritt Jill, TUNABOYLU, Sevda, VAN LIEMPT, Ilse, Human rights violations by design : EU-Turkey statement prioritises returns from Greece over access to asylum, Policy Briefs, 2017/29, Migration Policy Centre - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/48904
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The EU-Turkey-Statement proposes to reduce arrival rates and deaths in the sea by subjecting individuals who arrive on Greek islands after 20 March 2016 to fast-track asylum procedures and, in the case of negative decisions, to returns to Turkey. In exchange, EU member states have agreed to take one Syrian refugee from Turkey for every Syrian readmitted from Greece to Turkey. The Statement builds on the deterrent effect of returns and turns high return rates into an indicator for a successful border policy. This policy brief examines the impact of the Statement’s focus on returns for people seeking asylum in Greece. The analysis draws on interviews with asylum seekers and practitioners, phone interviews with people who were returned from the Greek islands following the EU-Turkey Statement, as well as on participant observations at refugee camps and inter-agency meetings on Lesbos and Chios in July and August 2017.