The draft EU/Turkey deal on migration and refugees: is it legal? / The final EU/Turkey refugee deal: a legal assessment

Legal analysis of the planned EU - Turkey agreement on refugee issues put forward on the 7 March 2016 and on the agenda of the European Councl, Brussels, 18-19 March 2016 for adoption.

See also the related url hyperlink 'The final EU/Turkey refugee deal: a legal assessment', written after the EU-Turkey agreement of the 18 March 2016.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: European Council, Brussels, 17 - 18 March 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-council-brussels-17-18-march-2016/

ESO: Background information: International Summit: Meeting of the EU heads of state or government with Turkey, Brussels, 7 March 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/international-summit-meeting-of-the-eu-heads-of-state-or-government-with-turkey-brussels-7-march-2016/

ESO: Background information: Six Principles for further developing EU-Turkey Cooperation in tackling the Migration Crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-six-principles-for-further-developing-eu-turkey-cooperation-in-tackling-the-migration-crisis/

ESO: Background information: EU-Turkey migration deal on life support http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-turkey-migration-deal-on-life-support/

ESO: Background information: UNHCR expresses concern over EU-Turkey plan / UNHCR's reaction to Statement of the EU Heads of State and Government of Turkey, 7 March 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/unhcr-expresses-concern-over-eu-turkey-plan-unhcrs-reaction-to-statement-of-the-eu-heads-of-state-and-government-of-turkey-7-march-2016/

Blog: EU Law Analysis, 18.03.16: The final EU/Turkey refugee deal: a legal assessment http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/the-final-euturkey-refugee-deal-legal.html

European Council: Press Release, 18.03.16: EU-Turkey statement, 18 March 2016 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/03/18-eu-turkey-statement/

The Conversation, 21.03.16: A law professor assesses the EU plan to send asylum seekers back to Turkey https://theconversation.com/a-law-professor-assesses-the-eu-plan-to-send-asylum-seekers-back-to-turkey-56535

Statewatch Analysis: The final EU/Turkey refugee deal: a legal assessment http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-289-eu-turkey-legal-analysis.pdf

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