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Repatriation to Turkey's "safe zone" in Northeast Syria: Ankara's goals and European concerns
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Abstract Following the US decision to withdraw troops from Northeast Syria and upon separate agreements with the US and Russia, Ankara established what it calls a safe zone in the area between Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn. Even if spanning a smaller territory than envisaged, Turkey aims with its safe zone to im... view more
Following the US decision to withdraw troops from Northeast Syria and upon separate agreements with the US and Russia, Ankara established what it calls a safe zone in the area between Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn. Even if spanning a smaller territory than envisaged, Turkey aims with its safe zone to impede Kurdish autonomy in Northern Syria, on the one hand, and to return refugees who have increasingly become a domestic policy challenge for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP thereafter), on the other hand. Turkey's plan for repatriation signals that its interests align with European interests in refugee return. Given concerns about the safety of refugees, voluntary nature of return, and Ankara’s attempts at demographic engineering, Europeans should not support a Turkey-led repatriation to Syria without conditions. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
Turkey; Syria; security policy; Kurdistan; policy on refugees; remigration; EU
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Verteidigungs- und sicherheitsbezogene Beziehungen; Bürgerkrieg; Militärische Intervention; Räumliche Dimension internationaler Konflikte; Besetztes Gebiet; Repatriierung/Rückanpassung; Internationale Reaktion; Internationale sicherheitspolitische Interessendivergenzen; Humanitäre Lage; Haltung von Akteuren zu Einzelfragen; Entwicklungsperspektive und -tendenz; Kurdistan (Türkei); Kurdistan (Syrien); Kurdistan (Irak); Kurdenproblem; Staatensezession
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
4 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 1/2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2020C01
ISSN
1861-1761
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications