The EU-Turkey Deal One Year On: The Rise of Walls of Shame, Online OpEd for ECRE, 17 March 2017
Diğer, ss.0-2, 2017
- Yayın Türü: Diğer Yayınlar / Diğer
- Basım Tarihi: 2017
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.0-2
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This week marks the anniversary of the controversial EU–Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016. The Statement placed responsibility for halting irregular crossings and deaths in the Aegean Sea in the hands of two countries: Greece and Turkey.
The Statement is a prime example of externalization policy, an attempt to harden the borders of the EU against unwanted migration through readmission agreements and prevention of access to asylum in Europe. However, the fear generated in Greece and Turkey that their territory would become a buffer zone for asylum seekers and refugees who failed to reach other European countries has led them to imitate the same restrictive strategies.