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"Pushbacks are considered contrary to international refugee protection agreements that say people shouldn't be expelled or returned to a country where their life and safety might be in danger due to their race, religion, nationality or membership in a social or political group"

From the article.

So,it's ok as they're only returned to Turkey, not to a war zone.Perfectly legal.
 

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"Pushbacks are considered contrary to international refugee protection agreements that say people shouldn't be expelled or returned to a country where their life and safety might be in danger due to their race, religion, nationality or membership in a social or political group"

From the article.

So,it's ok as they're only returned to Turkey, not to a war zone.Perfectly legal.

Turkey is not a ‘safe third country’ as defined by EU law. :)
 

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Turkey is not a ‘safe third country’ as defined by EU law. :)
Norway's decision to consider Russia as a safe country and return illegal immigrants there created the legal,and logical, precedent for Turkey to.It might not please the extreme left and radical greens but it's ok,we can live with that.
Also, Turkey became a de facto safe country when the EU struck a bargain with them to keep refugees there.
 

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I was wondering how much it costs to have a refugee, and it seems there are several articles in the past showcasing an estimate aprox. 64-80k USD for first 5 year.



I am not sure that all cost are including (public caseworker etc.)

Article from 2015:

Among the findings of this analysis:

  • On average, each Middle Eastern refugee resettled in the United States costs an estimated $64,370 in the first five years, or $257,481 per household.
  • The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has requested $1,057 to care for each Syrian refugee annually in most countries neighboring Syria.
  • For what it costs to resettle one Middle Eastern refugee in the United States for five years, about 12 refugees can be helped in the Middle East for five years, or 61 refugees can be helped for one year.
  • UNHCR reports a gap of $2.5 billion in funding that it needs to care for approximately four million Syrians in neighboring countries.
  • The five-year cost of resettling about 39,000 Syrian refugees in the United States is enough to erase the current UNHCR funding gap.
  • The five-year costs of resettlement in the United States include $9,230 spent by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within HHS and the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) within the State Department in the first year, as well as $55,139 in expenditures on welfare and education.
  • Very heavy use of welfare programs by Middle Eastern refugees, and the fact that they have only 10.5 years of education on average, makes it likely that it will be many years, if ever, before this population will cease to be a net fiscal drain on public coffers — using more in public services than they pay in taxes.
  • It is worth adding that ORR often reports that most refugees are self-sufficient within five years. However, ORR defines "self-sufficiency" as not receiving cash welfare. A household is still considered "self-sufficient" even if it is using any number of non-cash programs such as food stamps, public housing, or Medicaid.
  • Refugees are admitted for humanitarian reasons, not because they are supposed to be self-sufficient, so the drain on public coffers that Middle Eastern refugees create is expected. However, given limited resources, the high cost of resettlement in the United States means careful consideration should be given to alternatives to resettlement if the goal is the help as many people possible.
 
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EU’s Frontex is falling short in duties, auditor says​

BY DAILY SABAH​

ANKARA EUROPE
JUN 08, 2021 11:50 AM GMT+3
EU Frontex vessel Merikarhu patrols the Aegean Sea, between the eastern Greek Island of Agathonisi and the nearby Turkish shores, Feb. 29, 2016.  (AP File Photo)
EU Frontex vessel Merikarhu patrols the Aegean Sea, between the eastern Greek Island of Agathonisi and the nearby Turkish shores, Feb. 29, 2016. (AP File Photo)



The European Union’s border and coast guard agency, Frontex, which is being asked to play a greater role in the deportation of migrants, is falling short in fulfilling the duties it was ordered to carry out five years ago, the European Court of Auditors warned Monday.

The 27-nation bloc began bolstering Frontex and desperately testing new migration policies after well over 1 million migrants entered Europe in 2015, overwhelming reception centers and sparking a major political crisis about who should take responsibility for them. That dispute continues today.

Frontex is set to become the biggest and most heavily funded EU agency with some 10,000 officers and an annual budget of around 900 million euros ($1.1 billion). The agency had 45 staff in 2005.

Presenting a report on the agency’s work helping EU countries manage Europe’s external borders, lead auditor Leo Brincat told reporters that “Frontex is presently not discharging their duty effectively, and we found that this is even more worrying at a time when Frontex is being given added responsibility.”
The auditors said Frontex’s support to EU member countries is “not adequate to combat illegal immigration and cross-border crime.”

A year after hundreds of thousands of people fleeing conflict in Syria sought refuge in Europe, EU countries and the European Commission agreed in 2016 on a new mandate to formally establish Frontex as the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.

Its main duties were to manage the unauthorized entry of migrants through the EU’s external borders and to help reduce cross-border crime while respecting fundamental rights and ensuring that people could continue to move freely once inside the Schengen Area, Europe’s ID-check-free zone.

An updated 2019 mandate established the standing corps that is due to grow to 10,000 officers by 2027. Frontex can now deploy border guards to countries outside the EU and, as the focus grows on deportation, help send people refused entry back to countries they left or transited to get to Europe.

Brincat said the auditors found that even before being set these additional tasks “Frontex was biting (off) more than it could chew.”
“They went through too many changes too fast, and now I think they are paying the price for this,” he said. “They have increased their mandate without really analyzing their performance or the impact of their work.”

Brincat also said some EU countries fear that their best border guards and customs officers might be drawn to jobs at Frontex, depleting national reserves and forcing them into costly recruitment drives.

“Member states feel that not only are they not being given sufficient backup by Frontex, but that Frontex is draining their resources,” he said.
Frontex spokesperson Chris Borowski acknowledged that the agency has “undergone a massive transformation that would have challenged any organization, especially in the times of the COVID pandemic.” He said that it remains committed to its mission despite the difficulties.

“Frontex is aware that improvements are needed and has been working hard to make the agency stronger and even more effective. Unfortunately, many of the raised issues are related to external factors outside of the agency’s control,” Borowski said.

He said that putting the auditors’ recommendations into effect “calls for a combined effort of Frontex, the European Commission and national authorities.”
Frontex has been accused of being linked to migrant “pushbacks," or preventing people from entering a country to use their right to apply for asylum. The agency denies any involvement. An inquiry found no evidence that it had, but it did expose the “monitoring and reporting failures” at Frontex.

While the border agency is required to rescue migrants, the Frontex vessels patrolling the area have been known to speed past the overcrowded, inflatable boats, creating dangerous waves to force them to return to Turkish shores.

Pushbacks prevent asylum-seekers from making claims for protected status and if practiced indiscriminately, can constitute a violation of core EU human rights laws and the 1951 Geneva Conventions.

 

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Every country involved gets a piece of theirs.


 

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I hope you provide them faster vessels and real time activities of greek coast guard vessels.
Tellin this because you are already blaimed for these poor souls atempts to reach europe, if so why not provide them best service possible?
Yeah, but it needs to be a doctrin implemented.

When you cripple a whole nations decision making mechanism because you want to make all the decisions you turn the country inefficient.
 

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Yeah, but it needs to be a doctrin implemented.

When you cripple a whole nations decision making mechanism because you want to make all the decisions you turn the country inefficient.
I understand you, siting on to chairs usually backfires...
 
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I know you don't agree but the inn is full and social suicide by illegals isn't the path I wish Europe takes. The French professor was beheaded by a "poor Chechen refugee "
It's insane that there are more beheadings in Paris than Baghdad. But I am an accelerationist. Crazier things need to happen for the peopleto open their eyes.

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All did Erdogan had to was keep the borders open when majority of refugees want to go to Europe and not stay in Turkey.

But I guess EU money was too good not to reject even when its bread crumbs.
 

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Criticism hails down on Europe's border guard​

On the front page of Politiken you can read that criticism is pouring in over the European border and coast guard Frontex. Since the refugee crisis in 2015, the Agency has become the EU's main instrument for curbing illegal migration.

But a new study shows that Frontex has ignored reports of serious violations of migrants and refugees' human rights at the EU's external borders - despite countless warnings.



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Since the refugee crisis in 2015, Frontex has become the EU's most important instrument in curbing illegal migration. But criticism is pouring in over the European Border and Coast Guard.
Photo: Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP / Ritzau Scanpix.


Particularly sharp criticism is directed at the top boss, Fabrice Leggeri. He has in at least one case downgraded a serious incident in Greek waters and asked to have data about the incident deleted.

Frontex denies to Politiken that it acted incorrectly. More on this here. (paid content).

 

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EU agency reports Greece's 'de facto' migrant pushback policy​

BY DAILY SABAH​

ISTANBUL EU AFFAIRS
SEP 24, 2021 11:38 AM GMT+3
The entrance of the new EU-funded multi-purpose RIC ( reception and identification center) of migrants on the island of Samos, Greece, during its inauguration, Sept. 18, 2021. (AFP Photo)
The entrance of the new EU-funded multi-purpose RIC ( reception and identification center) of migrants on the island of Samos, Greece, during its inauguration, Sept. 18, 2021. (AFP Photo)



In a new report, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) revealed that the difficult conditions and violations of rights in detention and reception centers for migrants at EU borders continue. The report also noted that pushing migrants back to Turkey has become the de facto border policy of Greece, and that torture, ill-treatment and pushbacks continue.

According to the report of the Vienna-based FRA on fundamental rights, covering June 1-June 30, there have been cases of violent pushbacks in Croatia, Greek Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia.

In the report, it was stated that children seeking asylum without an accompanying person or with their families were detained in Bulgaria, Croatia, Greek Cyprus, France, Greece and Poland.

The report detailed issues including migrants being made to undergo the mandatory quarantine period on ships after being rescued rather than being taken to ports in Italy to disembark, delays in search and rescue operations at sea, allegations of pushbacks at sea, widespread use of migration detention and accounts of violence in detention centers prior to deportation in Malta continue.

While emphasizing the Greek Cypriot administration's readmission facilities are still overcrowded and detainees are deprived of their de facto freedom, the report pointed out that migrant smuggling continues to be an ongoing concern in Hungary.

Reiterating that more than 400 undocumented migrants have been on hunger strike in Belgium for weeks, the report noted that sea passages to England from France began to pose a danger and that the living conditions in unofficial camps in the north of the country have worsened.

Referring to another report published by Amnesty International on June 23, it was stressed that pushing migrants back to Turkey has become Greece's de facto border policy and that torture, ill-treatment and pushbacks continue.

According to the FRA's report, the practices include police intervention after crossing the border, confiscating their mobile phones and identification documents, and keeping them in an unidentified building without any official procedures being initiated.

Turkey and human rights groups have repeatedly condemned Greece's illegal practice of pushing back asylum-seekers, saying it violates humanitarian values and international law by endangering the lives of vulnerable migrants, including women and children, yet similar incidents keep occurring.

Pushbacks are considered contrary to international refugee protection agreements that say people should not be expelled or returned to a country where their life or safety might be in danger due to their race, religion, nationality or membership of a social or political group.

On March 3, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that Greece's practice of pushing irregular migrants back to Turkey amounts to a clear violation of the 1951 Refugee Convention, the European Convention on Human Rights and European Union law.

 
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