- Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi
- Vol: 19 Issue: 1
- EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk?
EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Buck-Passing and Bargaining on Human Lives at Risk?
Authors : Melina Duarte
Pages : 276-293
Doi:10.20981/kaygi.705300
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Publication Date : 2020-03-25
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Since the early stages, the EU-Turkey Refugee Deal has generated several controversies concerning its legal and moral standing. In the first section of this paper, for important informative purposes, I will briefly discuss several points related to how the legality of the deal could be contested. In the second section, I will turn my attention to a more detailed examination of whether the deal could be considered immoral with regard to two morally condemned practices, namely: buck-passing, or evasion of responsibility, and bargaining on human lives at risk. In the final section, I will attempt to outline guiding principles for a hypothetical deal that would be more responsive to the principles underpinning the Refugee Convention than the morally condemnable principles in the actual deal based on those two grounds discussed here.Keywords : Refugee Crisis, Relocation, Human Rights, International Relations, State’s Responsibilities