Türkiye deported around 300 Eritreans in recent weeks, states Amnesty International in a report published this week. “Hundreds of Eritrean nationals are at imminent risk of forcible return to Eritrea where they would face a real risk of torture, arbitrary detention and other serious human rights violations. Reports indicate that around 300 Eritreans recently detained in Türkiye without adequate access to communication or legal support have been deported to Eritrea. The authorities must immediately halt any plans to forcibly return Eritrean nationals from Türkiye and grant them access to asylum procedures, in line with international law,” the human rights organization said.
A civil society organization called Migration Management has written a letter to the Amnesty International on this issue. The organization wrote “around 180 Eritreans were deported from Türkiye in the past weeks. Most of them are now detained at Adi Abeto prison, a major prison complex outside Asmara, the capital of Eritrea. A further 100 individuals have been deported in the previous months. Eritrean nationals currently detained in Türkiye have alerted their family members via phone calls and letters that the authorities are preparing to deport them as well and that it can happen any time now.”
The Amnesty International urged Türkiye to respect its international obligations under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the UN Convention Against Torture and customary international law to uphold the principle of non-refoulement, which is binding on all states.
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