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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 4 March 2016
Flawed deal EU & Turkey on refugees; Congress in China a toothless tiger?; women forced to stay in Western Sahara; lawyers prosecuted in Thailand; remembering Berta Cáceres; #WatchOurSchools campaign.Kenneth Roth
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Turkey is not a "safe" country to which EU can legally force asylum-seekers back: @HRW. http://bit.ly/1LDVRN5
6:19 AM - 4 Mar 2016
On Monday, leaders of EU member states and Turkey will meet in Brussels to discuss an action plan on migration and refugees that is flawed and potentially dangerous for people trying to cross the Aegean Sea. HRW issued a Q&A, including details on why Turkey shouldn't be considered a safe country of asylum.
https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2016/03/04