'Lives of immigrants are non-negotiable'

img

ANKARA - Pointing to Turkey's international negotiations regarding refugees, DEM Party Immigrant and Refugee Commission stated that the rights of refugees and immigrants cannot be made a subject of bargaining.

People's Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Immigrant and Refugee Commission made a written statement on June 20 World Refugee Day. In the statement titled "Immediately stop policies that cause refugees and investing in war", it was noted that 2024 will also cause mass migration due to wars. Pointing out the military interventions of Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Palestine and Turkey in the Kurdish regions in Syria and Iraq, the statement said: "So far, wherever a war has broken out, from Libya to Ukraine, Turkey has invested in that war and tried to benefit from the results. While doing this, it has developed its cooperation with ISIS gangs and their mentalities, causing deepening instability and shrinking living spaces. The AKP government, which has entered into full cooperation with the Taliban under the pretext of taking a role in the 'reconstruction' process of Afghanistan, continues its trade with Israel, despite all its rhetoric to the contrary. The AKP government is doing its best to create instability in the region by trying to involve itself in all conflicts and playing double game in every issue."
 
'THEIR RIGHTS AND LIVES CANNOT BE NEGOTIABLE'
 
The statement noted that migration caused by wars strengthened right-wing and fascist tendencies and paved the way for xenophobia, and emphasized that refugees were subjected to ill-treatment in the countries they were in. The statement emphasized that refugees constantly face the danger of being sent back to their countries and said: "Removal Centers, where access to health is denied, are places specially built for torture and ill-treatment. The ongoing Readmission Agreement with the European Union constitutes a crime in itself. The rights and lives of politicians, mostly Kurds, and immigrants exiled from Turkey as a result of unlawful trials and executions cannot be made a subject of international bargaining."
 
DEMANDS
 
In the statement, which drew attention to the policies of the rising right-wing parties in the EU against women, LGBTI+, workers, laborers, immigrants and refugees, the following demands were included:
 
“*It is imperative that the right to asylum be implemented immediately by ending the geographical annotation that Turkey has placed on the Geneva Convention. Asylum is a right. The usurpation of this right also prevents access to fundamental rights such as education, health, housing, work and organization. Therefore, the annotation must be removed, domestic law must be regulated accordingly and the rights in international law must be recognized.
 
*Removal Centers must be closed and the Ministry of Immigration and Refugees must be established, where all processes of immigrants and refugees are carried out in a transparent manner and their rights are guaranteed.
 
*Turkey must immediately end its invasion attempts in Rojava and Iraqi Kurdistan, and end its relations with ISIS remnant gangs that deepen the war in the Middle East.
 
*Turkey must be in solidarity with the Palestinian people, and this solidarity must start with Palestine's call for an 'embargo on murderous Israel'.
 
*The European Union must end its policy of keeping refugees away from Europe, end its ransom relationship with Turkey, and end its crimes at the borders such as sinking boats and pushing back. International law must be applied at Tutkey's borders and the safety of refugees must be ensured.
 
*The assimilation carried out under the name of integration in Turkey must be stopped and mechanisms of coexistence and social solidarity must be established. In order to implement these mechanisms, local governments must be given authority in accordance with the European Charter of Local Self-Government, and the trustee policy must be stopped immediately.
 
*The Istanbul Convention, which is the legal basis for refugee women and LGBTI+ people against male-state violence, must be returned immediately and Law No. 6284 should be implemented equally and effectively.
 
*The system of labor exploitation of immigrants and refugees must be ended, the way for them to unionize under safe working conditions with the right to equal pay for equal work must be made possible, and child labor must be prevented.”
 

View More Articles

18/04/2025
14:59 Raids on Baloch villages: 18 detained, 1 killed
14:57 627 attacks in 4 days
11:14 Families applies to go to İmralı
10:54 Forcing students to be spies under name of seminars
10:11 'Önder's condition same, life threat continues'
09:45 We must organise social reaction against violence to women says TJA member Ayse Minaz
17/04/2025
16:51 Iran bans 7 women artists from singing
16:46 Selcuk Kozagacli arrested
15:38 KCK's statement for Sırrı Sureyya Onder
15:30 Seriously ill prisoner Cam suffers a heart attack
15:14 Protest against execution in front of Urmia Prison
14:55 Selcuk Kozagacli detained
12:23 Warden threats prisoners: Once this process end we know what will do to you
12:01 Statement from hospital: Onder responds positively to treatment
11:28 Lawyers applies to meet with Abdullah Öcalan
11:19 Mothers of prisoners expect concrete steps from the state
10:27 Dr Sarria: Legal recognition of Kurdish is the most important thing
10:06 CPT's stance is political says Lawyer Ekin Yeter
16/04/2025
13:59 Journalist Welat Ekin released and acquitted
13:37 Amed citizens wait for steps: Abdullah Öcalan must be freed
11:48 Police wanted on red notice in Turkey but not apprehended
10:54 It is the parliament that will convince us says Rahşan Demirel's mother
10:45 Sırrı Süreyya Önder taken to intensive care
10:18 Abdullah Öcalan must be free for process to move forward says Lawyer Demir
09:33 The family Öcalan sends greetings to: We want to see him
09:12 Önder's operation continues: His heart started beating
15/04/2025
19:08 Call for 'release' of Shahla Pirastah
16:45 Letter from Nargis Mohammadi to the UN
16:22 Campaign to send money to prisoners continues
16:07 CPT once again did not visit İmralı
14:55 Many issues to be on agenda at meeting with Ministry says Tulay Hatimogullari
14:38 SOHR: 17 women and children abducted
11:55 Lawyers applies to meet with Abdullah Öcalan
10:32 'No peace without women's voice'
09:50 ‘Right to hope’ must be implemented say ÖHD lawyers
09:43 Rojhilat Newroz celebrations: Öcalan's call resonated widely
09:42 Peace can only come by respect of the identities, languages and cultures says Prof Dr Dunbar
14/04/2025
16:29 'Prohibition of torture and ill-treatment’ violated in Sincan Prison
15:48 Workshops to launch with slogan 'Free Women and Democratic Society'
14:37 3 more youths release in Istanbul
13:00 Kurdish Women's Unity Platform established
12:36 Date of İmralı Delegation-Ministry of Justice meeting announced
11:10 Military tower built in Botan Valley
10:48 Observation committees work like guillotines says brother of ill prisoner Akay
09:26 Process impossible without release of Abdullah Öcalan says Blai Taberner Curado
09:12 Cuma Çat, who took part in Hilvan Resistance, lost his life
13/04/2025
15:28 Electricity restored to Kobani and its villages after 4 months
14:31 Unpublished photograph of Abdullah Öcalan revealed
13:23 Call for ill prisoners: State must take step
13:08 Mothers to government: Release Öcalan