Today (Wednesday, September 6, 2023), a court of the European Union in Luxembourg ruled that no European Border AgencyFrontex is held liable for damages related to the deportation of a Syrian family to Turkey, because the agency does not have the authority to assess return decisions by member states or asylum applications, a press release said. The court said that only EU member states are “competent to assess the merits of decisions to return and to review applications for international protection.” Today’s ruling can be appealed to the EU’s highest court, the European Court of Justice.
The case was brought by a family of six who were deported from Greece to Turkey in October 2016 on a flight arranged by the agency. Frontex. The family, who now live in Iraq, said Frontex had acted illegally, as their asylum application should have been considered before being taken out of the European Union.
Prosecutors say they were returned to Turkey shortly after arriving in Greece, even though they had applied for international protection. The return of people seeking protection at external borders, the so-called pushbacks, is illegal under international law, according to human rights organizations. Syrian citizens are demanding compensation for material and non-material damages resulting from the return process, according to the legal complaint.
2023 is the most dangerous year for refugees…continuing suffering and exacerbating tragedy!
Hope is far from home
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) chose this slogan: Hope Far From Home, to celebrate World Refugee Day this year. In it, she wants to focus on “finding solutions for refugees and on the strength of their integration”. UNHCR considers this to be the most “effective” way to enable them to start a new life in their host countries.
2023 is the most dangerous year for refugees…continuing suffering and exacerbating tragedy!
Many reasons..
Many reasons force people to leave their homelands and seek refuge in other countries in search of security. Perhaps wars and armed conflicts are the most prominent cause, along with economic and social causes and persecution for political, religious, cultural or other personal reasons.
2023 is the most dangerous year for refugees…continuing suffering and exacerbating tragedy!
Climate change and natural disasters
The climate has also become a reason for migration and displacement around the world. Extreme climatic events and environmental disasters such as droughts, devastating storms and floods around the world, especially in the southern hemisphere that suffers from poverty and conflicts, drive millions of people to migrate and flee, especially to neighboring countries.
2023 is the most dangerous year for refugees…continuing suffering and exacerbating tragedy!
110 million displaced persons and refugees around the world
The number of people displaced around the world increased in 2022, as a result of conflicts, famine and climate change, reaching a record level of more than 100 million people, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. UNHCR says the upward trend shows no sign of slowing in 2023 as the conflict in Sudan pushed the total number of displaced people in the world to an estimated 110 million by last May.
2023 is the most dangerous year for refugees…continuing suffering and exacerbating tragedy!
Sudan..a mass escape from the scourge of war
The war raging for two months in Sudan between the army and the Rapid Support Forces has displaced more than 2.5 million Sudanese, including displaced persons and refugees, especially in Darfur. Sudan has already suffered from conflicts and displacement since the outbreak of the Darfur crisis in 2003. By the end of 2022, there were more than 3.7 million internally displaced persons, most of them living in camps in Darfur. Another 800,000 Sudanese live as refugees in neighboring countries such as Chad, South Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia.
2023 is the most dangerous year for refugees…continuing suffering and exacerbating tragedy!
Ukraine war
The war in Ukraine was the main cause of displacement in 2022. The number of Ukrainian refugees rose from 27,000 at the end of 2021 to 5.7 million at the end of 2022, representing the fastest influx of refugees anywhere since World War II, according to UNHCR. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
2023 is the most dangerous year for refugees…continuing suffering and exacerbating tragedy!
European dream of paradise
Europe is the first destination for the displaced and immigrants from the southern hemisphere, and millions dream of European paradise and risk their lives for it, by trying to cross the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea or through the Balkans or even the vast forests between Belarus, Poland and the Baltic states.
2023 is the most dangerous year for refugees…continuing suffering and exacerbating tragedy!
The Mediterranean is the cemetery of immigrants
Crossing the Mediterranean Sea is considered one of the most dangerous routes taken by migrants around the world, as more than 26,000 migrants have drowned or gone missing in the Mediterranean since 2014. Perhaps 2023 was the most tragic year, as the first half of this year witnessed the drowning of hundreds of migrants, and the last incident was a tragedy. The ship sank off the Greek coast with about 750 migrants on board, only 104 of whom were rescued.
2023 is the most dangerous year for refugees…continuing suffering and exacerbating tragedy!
A huge burden for Europe
Refugees constitute a huge burden on European countries, which is what prompts them to tighten this file and search for solutions and a common asylum policy. After long negotiations and marathon meetings, the interior ministers of the member states reached a formula for a comprehensive reform of the asylum procedures and the immigration file that has been on the table for years.
2023 is the most dangerous year for refugees…continuing suffering and exacerbating tragedy!
Looking for partnerships in North Africa
The European Union seeks to agree and reach partnerships with North African countries, engages in difficult negotiations with those countries, and tries to provide aid and financial inducements to those countries in order to persuade them to cooperate with Europe in confronting illegal immigration and the influx of immigrants. In this context, the European Union offered more than one billion euros in aid to Tunisia.
2023 is the most dangerous year for refugees…continuing suffering and exacerbating tragedy!
Crossing the border fence between Morocco and Spain
The border fence between Morocco and Spain always witnesses continuous crossing attempts, some of them collective, as happened last summer when hundreds of migrants tried to cross the border fence from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla on June 24, 2022, and the security forces confronted them and killed at least 37 migrants.
2023 is the most dangerous year for refugees…continuing suffering and exacerbating tragedy!
The continuing tragedy of the Syrian refugees
Despite the passage of 12 years since the Syrian crisis and the displacement of millions of Syrians from their homes, millions are still waiting to return from refugee camps, especially in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, to their homes. Many of them are trying to cross the Greek-Turkish border to reach Europe. Prepared by: Arif Jabu
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2023-09-07 14:39:29
