In early 2022, the Turkish government adopted harsher arrest and return measures against Syrian refugees. The procedures were enforced across Turkey, but the cruelty of execution climaxed in Istanbul province. …
Refugees Rights
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Editor’s PicksInvestigative Reports
Turkey Continues to Forcibly Return Refugees, Ignoring International Warnings that Syria is Still Unsafe
Executive Summary “Fourteen days into detention, they started to take groups of five young men out of prison every day. We did not know what happened to them. On my …
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Press releases & statements
Press Release: Protecting refugees is a legal obligation, as well as a moral and humanitarian obligation.
Turkish authorities had already departed several Syrian refugees to northern and Northwestern Syria, citing a lack of authorised residence papers or violating Turkish regulations and laws. After that, however, the …
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Press releases & statements
STJ Calls on European States and Bodies to Act on the Outcomes of the 10th Anniversary of the Syrian Uprising
Weeks have passed since the 10-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising. During that time, we saw a few notable events which brought governments, organizations, and individuals around the globe together …
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Press releases & statements
Civil society organizations deal anxiously the Lebanese Government’s policy towards Syrian refugees and so-called safe return
In its session on 14 July 2020, the Lebanese Council of Ministers gave preliminary approval to a paper prepared by the Ministry of Social Affairs in Lebanon outlining its plans …
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Press releases & statements
Into the unknown: Listening to Syria’s displaced in the search for durable solutions
Over 50 Syrian and international NGOs published a report calling for action by participants of the upcoming Brussels IV Conference on the Future of Syria and the Region to support …
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Executive summary Thousands of migrants and refugees, including Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans, and Iranians, as well as Turkish, massed at Turkey’s borders with Greece, after Erdoğan let them to Europe on …
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Commentaries & Dispatches
The United Nations in Syria, or how the road to hell is paved with good intentions
I. Background On 9th October 2019, the government of Turkey informed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) of the launching of the Peace Spring Operation, on the basis of Article …
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Press releases & statements
Syrian organisations demand the UNHCR to legally protect refugees in Lebanon
The signatory organizations below urgently request the action of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon to develop a practical plan to provide refugees with legal protection and …