Sending migrants back to Turkey would violate Geneva Convention

An agreement that would allow European countries to send migrants back across Europe to Turkey would create numerous refugee status violations, as well as human rights violations.

That’s according to François Crépeau, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants. He was speaking just ahead of a European Union two-day summit on migration  which began on Thursday.

Mr Crépeau spoke to Tsique Shiferaw about the ways in which European countries are reacting to the massive influx of migrants and refugees.

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