Taking Stock of the EU-Turkey Statement in 2024
European Journal of Migration and Law, cilt.26, sa.2, ss.154-178, 2024 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2024
- Doi Numarası: 10.1163/15718166-12340175
- Dergi Adı: European Journal of Migration and Law
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EBSCO Education Source, EBSCO Legal Collection, EBSCO Legal Source, Education Abstracts, HeinOnline-Law Journal Library, Index to Legal Periodicals, Index to legal periodicals & books, PAIS International, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, DIALNET
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.154-178
- Anahtar Kelimeler: containment, EU-Turkey statement, externalisation, migration cooperation, non-refoulement, safe third country
- Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The EU-Turkey Statement of March 2016 aimed to end irregular migration from Turkey to the European Union (EU). Since 2016, the relationship between Turkey and the EU has undergone significant changes. While the EU fulfilled only two of its promises under the Statement, Turkey suspended the implementation of the return component of the Statement in 2020 and stopped readmitting third-country nationals from Greece. Meanwhile, recent judgments delivered by the European Court of Human Rights, such as Akkad v. Turkey and G.B. and others v. Turkey, have shed new light on conditions facing refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants in Turkey. This article aims to analyse the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement as of 2024 by examining to what extent Turkey and the European Union, as well as its Member States, have fulfilled their pledges and acted in line with the course of action agreed under the Statement. It also aims to investigate to what extent Turkey's assumed status as a safe third country has changed over the years. Given that the number of irregular passages towards the EU through Turkey has decreased considerably and that the return component of the Statement is not currently implemented, we argue that the assessment of whether Turkey is safe should be made with reference to refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants contained in Turkey as a result of the EU-Turkey Statement arrangements not just those returned under the EU-Turkey Statement.