EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk?

Melina Duarte

doi:10.20981/kaygi.705300

EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk?

Abstract

Since the early stages, the EU-Turkey Refugee Deal has generated several controversies concerning its legal and moral standing. In the first section of this paper, for important informative purposes, I will briefly discuss several points related to how the legality of the deal could be contested. In the second section, I will turn my attention to a more detailed examination of whether the deal could be considered immoral with regard to two morally condemned practices, namely: buck-passing, or evasion of responsibility, and bargaining on human lives at risk. In the final section, I will attempt to outline guiding principles for a hypothetical deal that would be more responsive to the principles underpinning the Refugee Convention than the morally condemnable principles in the actual deal based on those two grounds discussed here.

Keywords

Refugee Crisis,Relocation,Human Rights,International Relations,State’s Responsibilities

References

Aamann, Preben. ”EU-Turkey statement, 18 March 2016”, European Council, Foreign Affairs & International Relations, Press release 144/16 , March 18, 2016.
Amnesty International. Turkey: Illegal mass returns of Syrian refugees expose fatal flaws in EU-Turkey deal. April 1, 2016.
European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations. Chapters of the Aquis, 2014-2015.
EU Press releases, 7 December 2017. Available at http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-5002_en.htm
EU Fact Sheet, 22 September 2015. Available at http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-5698_en.htm
Gardiner, Stephen M. A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change. Oxford University Press, 2013.
Human Rights Watch. Turkey: Human Rights and the European Union Accession Partnership. Protecting the Refugees. September 2000.
Kingsley, Patrick. “Turkey is no ‘safe haven’ for refugees – it shoots them at the border.” The Guardian, April 1, 2016.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

-

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Melina Duarte This is me
0000-0003-2099-7349
Norway

Publication Date

March 25, 2020

Submission Date

March 17, 2020

Acceptance Date

March 4, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 19 Number: 1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.20981/kaygi.705300

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA94ES23LZ

Cite

RIS / Bibtex

APA

Duarte, M. (2020). EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk? Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, 19(1), 276-293. https://doi.org/10.20981/kaygi.705300

AMA

1.Duarte M. EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk? Kaygı. 2020;19(1):276-293. doi:10.20981/kaygi.705300

Chicago

Duarte, Melina. 2020. “EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk?”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi 19 (1): 276-93. https://doi.org/10.20981/kaygi.705300.

EndNote

Duarte M (March 1, 2020) EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk? Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi 19 1 276–293.

IEEE

[1]M. Duarte, “EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk?”, Kaygı, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 276–293, Mar. 2020, doi: 10.20981/kaygi.705300.

ISNAD

Duarte, Melina. “EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk?”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi 19/1 (March 1, 2020): 276-293. https://doi.org/10.20981/kaygi.705300.

JAMA

1.Duarte M. EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk? Kaygı. 2020;19:276–293.

MLA

Duarte, Melina. “EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk?”. Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi, vol. 19, no. 1, Mar. 2020, pp. 276-93, doi:10.20981/kaygi.705300.

Vancouver

1.Melina Duarte. EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk? Kaygı. 2020 Mar. 1;19(1):276-93. doi:10.20981/kaygi.705300

Cited By

TRANSFORMATION OF THE MIGRATION POLICY IN THE EU: THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Güvenlik Bilimleri Dergisi

https://doi.org/10.28956/gbd.1634096

Pros and Cons of the EU–Turkey Refugee Deal and Why the Cons Prevail

Law, Identity and Values

https://doi.org/10.55073/2023.2.89-109