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    EU - Turkey Deal: Implications

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    In March 2016, the EU forged a deal with Turkey to address the refugee crisis by sending all new irregular migrants arriving in Greece back to Turkey. Turkey agreed to accept these migrants in exchange for billions in financial aid from the EU and pursuit of Turkish visa liberalization and future EU assimilation. This deal was expected to sharply cut the flow of refugees and migrants entering Europe, which it appeared to do initially. However, the deal has faced significant criticism from human rights groups for turning away from the global refugee crisis and potentially violating the UN refugee convention. As the political situation in Turkey remains uncertain, the long-term stability and continued implementation of the EU-Turkey deal is unclear.

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    In March 2016, the EU forged a deal with Turkey to address the refugee crisis by sending all new irregular migrants arriving in Greece back to Turkey. Turkey agreed to accept these migrants in exchange for billions in financial aid from the EU and pursuit of Turkish visa liberalization and future EU assimilation. This deal was expected to sharply cut the flow of refugees and migrants entering Europe, which it appeared to do initially. However, the deal has faced significant criticism from human rights groups for turning away from the global refugee crisis and potentially violating the UN refugee convention. As the political situation in Turkey remains uncertain, the long-term stability and continued implementation of the EU-Turkey deal is unclear.

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    In March 2016, the EU forged a deal with Turkey to address the refugee crisis by sending all new irregular migrants arriving in Greece back to Turkey. Turkey agreed to accept these migrants in exchange for billions in financial aid from the EU and pursuit of Turkish visa liberalization and future EU assimilation. This deal was expected to sharply cut the flow of refugees and migrants entering Europe, which it appeared to do initially. However, the deal has faced significant criticism from human rights groups for turning away from the global refugee crisis and potentially violating the UN refugee convention. As the political situation in Turkey remains uncertain, the long-term stability and continued implementation of the EU-Turkey deal is unclear.

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    In March 2016, the EU forged a deal with Turkey to address the refugee crisis by sending all new irregular migrants arriving in Greece back to Turkey. Turkey agreed to accept these migrants in exchange for billions in financial aid from the EU and pursuit of Turkish visa liberalization and future EU assimilation. This deal was expected to sharply cut the flow of refugees and migrants entering Europe, which it appeared to do initially. However, the deal has faced significant criticism from human rights groups for turning away from the global refugee crisis and potentially violating the UN refugee convention. As the political situation in Turkey remains uncertain, the long-term stability and continued implementation of the EU-Turkey deal is unclear.

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    EU Turkey Deal: Implications

    In March 2016, 28 Heads of State of the European Union forged a deal with Turkey
    to address the refugee crisis [29]. Accordingly, all new irregular migrants who
    arrive in the European shoressuch as that of Greecewill now be sent back
    across to the Aegean, all the way to Turkey. Turkey has been designated to accept
    these new asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, in exchange for certain deals
    from the EU. Apart from pouring in billions of financial aid to Turkey, the EU also
    vowed to offer visa liberalization schemes to Turkish citizens as well as pursuing
    negotiations of future assimilation to the EU [30].
    It is estimated that this year will bring another million refugees towards the shores
    of Europe [31]. This deal however of the EU with Turkey is expected to cut such
    refugee and migrant inflow. As it can be seen from this chart, the number of
    refugees, migrants and asylum seekers entering Europe has sharply decreased
    when the EU-Turkey deal was implemented.

    Now, while seemingly effective in cutting down the number of refugees and
    migrants who run to Europe, this deal has been met with various criticisms from
    different human rights groups and organizations. Amnesty International alleged that
    with this, the EU turned "its back on a global refugee crisis" [32]. Around the world, there were
    numerous protests and rallies conducted against the deal as well. Others claim that this deal
    contravenes the UNs 1951 Refugee Convention. They say that such deal undermines the
    refugee convention and thus, risks returning Europe to the nadir of the 1930s, when Jews
    were turned away from European borders without recourse to international protection [31].
    Today, albeit the deal being continuously implemented, there are growing fears of its stability.
    With the political situation in Turkey, the continuous implementation of this scheme seems
    murky [33]. Nonetheless, with the war in Syria continuing and with many EU states becoming
    more reluctant to absorbing hundreds of newcomers this year, reports indicate this deal to
    continue indefinitely [33].
    Indeed, this agreement between the EU and Turkey is a game-changer worth to be monitored
    closely in the coming months. Whether it is maintained, abandoned or replaced by another

    deal is an external factor that has a ripple effect against the implementation of social initiatives
    and ventures addressing the refugee crisis.

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