Turkish authorities forcibly deport 300 Eritreans despite high risk of human rights violations: UN special rapporteurs
By SCF - December 17, 2024
The Turkish government forcibly deported 300 Eritrean migrants to their home country, where they face a grave risk of human rights violations, according to official documents published on Monday by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
In a joint letter dated October 16, 2024, three UN special rapporteurs asked the Turkish government about the “alleged arbitrary detention and forcible return” of Eritrean migrants and the imminent risk of refoulement (forcible return) of an additional group of approximately 50 Eritreans.
The rapporteurs alleged that Turkey’s deportations violate the fundamental principle of international human rights and refugee law that prohibits the return of individuals to countries where they may face serious harm.
The principle was outlined in international law and the Convention Against Torture, which Turkey ratified in 1988 and prohibits deporting individuals to countries where they are at risk of torture or other gross human rights violations.
“Detention in Eritrea places individuals at a heightened risk of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment,” the rapporteurs said, adding that many deportees have reportedly been detained or conscripted into military service. Eritrea’s indefinite conscription system has been widely linked to forced labor, sexual violence and inhumane treatment.
Moreover, Eritreans who have been deported have previously faced severe torture and enforced disappearances.
The UN also condemned conditions at Turkey’s Aydın Repatriation Center, where 50 Eritrean migrants currently remain detained. According to the letter, detainees have reported being beaten by guards, held in metal container cells under conditions of extreme heat and denied medical care. They also reported a lack legal representation and contact with their families.
The UN experts urged Turkey to immediately halt deportations to Eritrea, improve conditions for detained migrants and conduct individual assessments of asylum claims. Turkey’s response has not been made public yet.
The letter was authored by three UN special rapporteurs: Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea; Gabriella Citroni, chair-rapporteur of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; and Gehad Madi, special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants.
Turkey has emerged as both a perpetrator and facilitator of transnational repression, targeting dissidents abroad while aiding other authoritarian regimes in silencing their critics. Reportedly Turkey has assisted authoritarian regimes by deporting asylum seekers despite clear risks of torture and persecution. Many asylum seekers from such countries as Iran, Syria and Afghanistan among other have been held in repatriation centers and later sent home to an uncertain fate.
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Re: “Turkish authorities forcibly deport 300 Eritreans”
Eritreans are economic refugees or migrants. There are no political protests in Eritrea. None of these economic migrants protested against the government of the fossil-old Isayas and sought by his security services.
They flee Eritrea only because life is hard, not because of absence security to life.
The deportation of Eritreans does not violate international human rights laws.
They are also bad people. They assault local police and engage in numerous crimes such as documents forging, money printing and sext trafficking.
They flee Eritrea only because life is hard, not because of absence security to life.
The deportation of Eritreans does not violate international human rights laws.
They are also bad people. They assault local police and engage in numerous crimes such as documents forging, money printing and sext trafficking.
Re: “Turkish authorities forcibly deport 300 Eritreans”
Addicted to migration!
Re: “Turkish authorities forcibly deport 300 Eritreans”
They have no place to call home!
And they cry day and night on this forum!
They were hoping to loot in Ethiopia
ሻብያ ነብስህ አይማር!
ቆርፋዳ! አገር መስርተው መርተው ሞተዋል::
አልም ሁሉ እኮ ነው የፈስሱት!
This is what happens when an idiot gets a gun wages fake freedom and country but can not lead!
Re: “Turkish authorities forcibly deport 300 Eritreans”
Starvin Marvins,
The door, you ethiopians idiots playing eritreans to get refugee status in Europe and North America, slammed and closed.
99% of refugees who claim eritreans are, in fact, ethiopians.
The door, you ethiopians idiots playing eritreans to get refugee status in Europe and North America, slammed and closed.
99% of refugees who claim eritreans are, in fact, ethiopians.
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Re: “Turkish authorities forcibly deport 300 Eritreans”
Turkey is right to deport these criminals. I hope they will not find a way to go to Ethiopia.
They are deceitful, lazy and criminals. What they will bring to Turkey is crime, drugs and prostitution.
They thought they can blackmail Ethiopia and ride all the way to Singapore.
The fake Italian created nation is exposed and its citizens are deserting it at an alarming number. The world have simply ignored it as if it doesn’t exist.
They are deceitful, lazy and criminals. What they will bring to Turkey is crime, drugs and prostitution.
They thought they can blackmail Ethiopia and ride all the way to Singapore.
The fake Italian created nation is exposed and its citizens are deserting it at an alarming number. The world have simply ignored it as if it doesn’t exist.
Re: “Turkish authorities forcibly deport 300 Eritreans”
Next will be Uganda !