Yorgos Karahalis/AP/Press Association. All rights reserved.Although the Turkey-EU agreement over refugees has attracted a global human rights outcry, the deal has been put into operation. The agreement is fraught with political, ethical, humanitarian and legal problems. While the refugees do not want to go back to Turkey and showcase this nolleity with their placards of “No Turkey”, Dikili society is also reluctant to see Dikili as a point of return for refugees.
Saluted by neither side, the agreement was signed by Turkish and European leaders in order to deter human trafficking. The official reasoning behind the agreement is to allow only those with official asylum applications to pass, while deterring others from risking their lives while crossing the Aegean Sea in inflatable boats.
