Turkey Stops Registering Syrian Asylum Seekers. Turkish border guards continue to carry out mass summary pushbacks and to kill and injure Syrians as they try to cross.

(Istanbul) – Turkish authorities in Istanbul and nine provinces on or near the Syrian border have stopped registering all but a handful of recently arrived Syrian asylum seekers. The suspension is leading to unlawful deportations, coerced returns to Syria, and the denial of health care and education.  

The European Commission has recently praised Turkey’s asylum system and plans to release the second batch of €3 billion under its March 2016 migration deal which includes support for refugees in Turkey. 

European Union institutions and governments have stayed publicly silent on the suspension and other refugee abuses committed by Turkey.

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