First Turkey Deportations Riddled With Abuse‏

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THE WEEK IN RIGHTS April 21, 2016 Follow us on:

First Turkey Deportations Riddled With Abuse Photo © 2016 Human Rights Watch The first round of European Union-sanctioned deportations of 66 people from the Greek island of Chios to Turkey on April 4, 2016 was rushed, chaotic, and violated the rights of those deported. The authorities did not inform people that they were going to be deported, did not tell them where they were being taken, and did not allow some of them to take their personal possessions. “Salim,” a 24-year-old man from Afghanistan, said the police took three of his Afghan friends. “They came here and told them they have to go to register. They left happy and when they came out the police were waiting for them…If the guys knew they were going to be deported, they would have taken their bags, their papers, their money.” Read more » share on: