Turkey: Information on the current treatment of returned refugee claimants
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1993 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | TUR15779.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Turkey: Information on the current treatment of returned refugee claimants, 1 November 1993, TUR15779.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ace018.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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A representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Ottawa (UNHCR) was unable to provide any information on the above subject. The representative has contacted the UNHCR office in Geneva and information is expected to arrive by 6 December 1993. Any information received will be forwarded immediately to you.
The attached 15 August 1993 Los Angeles Times article quotes a British immigration lawyer as saying that
23 Turkish Kurds were illegally deported back to Turkey, where three of them, we know, were detained for 34 days and tortured.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Los Angeles Times. 15 August 1993. Stephen Games. Home Edition. "The Asylum-Seeker: Persecuted and Unwanted in Europe." (NEXIS)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ottawa. 26 November 1993. Telephone interview with representative.
Attachments
Amnesty International, Toronto. 26 October 1992. "Amnesty International's Concerns Regarding Human Rights Violations Against Kurds."
Los Angeles Times. 15 August 1993. Stephen Games. "The Asylum Seeker: Persecuted and Unwanted in Europe." (NEXIS)
