{"id":10062,"date":"2021-03-16T10:07:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T07:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/?p=10062"},"modified":"2021-03-19T12:45:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T09:45:38","slug":"eu-turkey-deal-5-years-of-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/eu-turkey-deal-5-years-of-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"EU-Turkey deal: 5 Years of Shame"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Since March 2016 the Statement \/ \u201cDeal\u201d of the Heads of European Union (EU) Member States and Turkey represents an institutional deviation. Its aim is and continues to be the unconditional and out-of-bounds exclusion of refugees from access to EU territory and from the protection to which they are entitled.<\/strong><\/p>

The delivery of the deal has come at an unspeakable cost for those seeking refuge in Europe, for local communities on the Eastern Aegean islands, driving a consistent, EU-sponsored dismantlement of legal standards at Greek and EU level and crucially contributing to \u201crule of law backsliding\u201d in the continent.<\/p>

Today, Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) and Stiftung PRO ASYL launch a mapping of the repercussions of the \u201cdeal\u201d through a series of outputs about the crucial factors that prove its abject failure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Rule of law capture by a Statement<\/a><\/h3>

An extensive legal note analyses the capture of rule of law by a Statement and the full range of the catastrophic consequences of the EU-Turkey \u201cDeal\u201d on the rule of law from 2016 until now.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Moria nightmare in 12 frames<\/a><\/h3>

Life in \u201cMoria\u201d as a symbol of the failure of the \u201cdeal\u201d over the past five years is documented through a photo exhibition by Giorgos Moutafis. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Repercussions for the children of the \u201cDeal\u201d<\/a><\/h3>

Four experts present the impact of confinement on the mental health, rights and life of the \u201cchildren of the deal\u201d. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Stories of refugees<\/a><\/h3>

Three illustrative stories of refugees who experienced the tragic consequences of the implementation of the \u201cdeal\u201d at any cost remind us that human rights are trampled every day in the Reception and Identification Centres of the Aegean islands. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The vicious \u201ccircle of signatures\u201d and painful survival in the Reception and Identification Centres and refugee camps is imprintedthrough the lens<\/strong> of refugee Ahmed Ebrahimi.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Summary: Through the eyes of those experienced it (VIDEO)<\/a><\/h3>

Refugees and islanders talked about the effects of the deal on their lives and on local communities. The event was coordinated by journalist Fotini<\/b> Lampridi<\/b>.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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It is now imperative that the \u201cEU-Turkey deal\u201d be abolished and that the EU pursue radically different policies to the simplistic and dead-end approach of deterrence and militarisation of external borders.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Invitations: Through the eyes of those experienced it (EVENT)<\/a><\/h3>

In an online discussion, refugees and island residents speak about the consequences of the \u201cdeal\u201d on local society and on their lives. The discussion is coordinated by journalist Fotini Lambridi.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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