Roundtable Meeting on the EU-Turkey Deal

On 22 September 2017, a closed roundtable meeting was organised to share our preliminary findings.

The EU Turkey Deal: Uncovering direct and indirect consequences

When              Friday 22nd of Septembre

13.00 – 17.30

Where             Conflict Research Unit, Clingendael, Zeestraat, The Hague

13.00               Welcome with coffee, tea and sweats

13.15               Opening by Prof. Annelies Zoomers and Dr. Ilse van Liempt

13.30              Dr. Jill Alpes and Sevda Tunaboylu: What happened after the deal? Post-

deportation risks and the effects of return based migration management on human rights

14.00              Reaction by Ana Uzelac (Clingendael)

Discussion with roundtable members on return based migration management

14.30              Orcun Ulusoy on Turkey as a safe country

14.45              Reaction by Prof. Ahmed Icduygu (Koc University)

Discussion with roundtable members on procedural safeguards and readmissions to Turkey

15.15              Coffee break

15.30              Dr. Ilse van Liempt on resettlement of Syrian families to the Netherlands under the EU Turkey Deal

15.45              Reaction by Nicolien Regers (COA) and Joel Schoneveld (IND)

Discussion with roundtable members on resettlement and relocation and safe and legal access to asylum and integration

16.15              Closure with concrete suggestions for policy changes based on assessment of the EU Turkey deal and ideas for readjustments, improvement of the situation

Moderated by prof. Annelies Zoomers

16.30              Drinks and time to informally talk with researchers