How does Turkey avoid accusations of racism in handling migrants?

[PseuTonym]

‘Disaster in the Making’ The Many Failures of the EU-Turkey Refugee Deal
May 26, 2016 05:42 PM

The internment of Syrian refugees raises new doubts over the controversial refugee agreement between Europe and Turkey. Indeed, it appears that the deal is on the verge of falling apart, only two months after the program began.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has praised the deal with Turkey as a humane alternative to sealing off Europe’s internal borders. But the fact that the first Syrians who were brought to Turkey from Greece as part of the new agreement were taken directly to a detention center is not only a violation of international refugee law, but also an affront to Merkel.

Human rights organizations have warned that the rights of migrants returning from Greece to Turkey are not guaranteed. The Pakistanis, Afghans and Algerians who were deported from the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios in early April were almost all sent to a deportation center in Kirklareli on the Turkish-Bulgarian border.

The center is off-limits to journalists, aid organizations and attorneys. Cornelia Ernst, a member of the European Parliament from Germany’s Left Party, visited the facility in early May and said that conditions there were “shocking” and that detainees are often only permitted to leave their cells for a few minutes every day. According to Mülteci-Der, migrants at the camp are systematically hampered in their efforts to gain access to asylum procedures.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain the claim that Turkey is a safe place for refugees. According to Amnesty International, Turkish authorities have deported hundreds of refugees from Turkey back to Syria in recent months. In early May, Human Rights Watch documented the cases or five Syrian refugees who were shot dead while attempting to enter Turkey, allegedly by Turkish border troops. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported 16 deaths at the Syrian-Turkish border between December 2015 and March 2016.

spiegel.de/international/europe/the-refugee-deal-between-the-eu-and-turkey-is-failing-a-1094339.html

 

[SyroMalankara]

By sending goons to shut up anyone that dares discuss it openly within their reach.

 

[Crusaderbear]

Why do you think there were very few demonstrations against Soviet mistreatments of their own citizens? You don’t waste time on those who don’t even listen!

If Turkey wasn’t in such a highly strategic location, do you think anyone would even talk to them? Or pass thru their nation as a refugee?

 

[NickyMaz]

Silly question, everyone knows only Whites can be racists!

 

[SuperLuigi]

Silly question, everyone knows only Whites can be racists!

When Americans are talking about whites, it’s very clear they aren’t talking about Anatolians—or Russians, Palestinians, Argentinians, North African, Persians, Armenians, Ukrainians or Himalayan foothill tribes.

 

[Sarcelle]

Silly question, everyone knows only Whites can be racists!

Aren’t Turks and Arabs considered white?

 

[Athanasiy]

Perhaps in the multi-populated countries, the attitude towards the person is disparaging. Refugees in a desperate situation sometimes become victims of exploitation and oppression.
Despite the plight of refugees and all other poor people in the country, Turkey has accepted several million Syrian refugees.
In my opinion, from all the countries of the Middle East, Turkey has accepted the largest number of refugees.
In the Islamic tradition it is not customary to bypass the poor, especially during and after Ramadan. In the center of Istanbul, you can see during Ramadan you can see a long tables with food in the squares that organizes the city’s metropolis, it is also customary to give alms to the poor.
It seems to me-the more Turkey will move towards democracy and the rule of law, the less will be the facts of human rights violations, but unfortunately under Erdogan we see quite another thing - more authoritarianism and pressure on the freedom of speech.