The European Union has been funding, with over $200 million, a network of deportation centres throughout Turkiye that have been used to torture and remove Syrian and Afghan refugees from the country, a new investigation has found. A joint investigation by the outlet, Lighthouse Reports – in collaboration with newspapers El País, Der Spiegel, Politico, Etilaat Roz, SIRAJ, NRC, L’Espresso and Le Monde – has revealed that the EU has provided at least €213 million ($231.5 million) in funding for the construction and maintenance of approximately 30 removal centres in Turkiye. In a total of almost €1 billion the bloc has provided to Turkiye to help manage the flow of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers across its borders, a quarter […]
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