Forced Deportation

This open letter has been prepared in a coordinated effort by the below-signed civil society and non-governmental organizations with the aim of calling on UNHCR to increase cooperation and transparency …

Since early 2022, the Turkish government has been enforcing harsher persecution and deportation measures against Syrian asylum seekers. Along with these measures, Turkish authorities engaged in a chain of refoulement …

Introduction Since early 2022, the Turkish government has been enforcing harsher persecution and deportation measures against asylum seekers, especially Syrian refugees, arbitrarily detaining hundreds of them. Along with these measures, …

Eleven years have passed since the popular uprisings began in Syria while the Syrian refugee and displacement crisis remains the largest in the world. There are currently 6.8 million Syrians …

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. …

In October 2020, arbitrary arrests/detentions committed against civilian Kurds in the Kurdish-majority Syrian region of Afrin intensified compared to September, as perpetrators took no heed of the recommendations laid by …

Executive summary: Turkey has forcibly deported Syrian refugees to the war-torn country, putting their lives in grave danger. As they became more vulnerable to harsh living conditions and abuses by …

Executive Summary Throughout Turkey, Istanbul city particularly, thousands of Syrians were subjected to mass deportations or forcibly returned to Syrian territories, under the latest campaign launched by the Turkish authorities …

The Turkish border guards (Gendarmerie) fatally shot a displaced woman, residing in Kafr Lousin camp, and injured her child on June 11, 2019, and on May 24, 2019, they beat …