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UN Refugee Agency ‘Concerned’ About Proposed EU Deal to Send Migrants Back to Turkey

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi (second left) visits Lesvos on his first official visit to Greece. Photo: UNHCR/Achilleas Zavallis

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–8 March 2016 – The United Nations refugee agency today expressed a concern about any European response to the migrant crisis that involves the blanket return of all individuals from one country to another without sufficiently spelling out refugee protection safeguards under international law.

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According to media reports, the European Union and Turkey yesterday…

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