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In a letter revealed Wednesday, the 20 organizations — which incorporates the EuroMed Rights community of NGOs, a number of Turkish human rights teams and the French Human Rights League — demand the EU “instantly halt all funding for any Turkish services implicated … till a full, clear and impartial overview is performed.”
They additionally demand “an impartial worldwide investigation” to “totally study the misuse of EU funds.”
Last month’s investigation additionally discovered widespread human rights abuses, comparable to beatings, occurring in EU-funded facilities — and that the European Commission, the EU’s govt arm, ignored warnings from NGOs, diplomats and its personal employees.
“The report’s revelations make clear a disturbing shift within the European Union’s migration insurance policies, the place funding initially meant for humanitarian help has been repurposed to facilitate deportations, leading to extreme abuses towards refugees and migrants,” the civil society organizations wrote.
The Commission’s response to the revelations was muted, asking Turkey to “totally examine allegations of wrongdoing.” But the civil society organizations insist that the EU “as a major funder, has the first duty of those operations” and should “be sure that any funding is totally aligned with EU human rights requirements.”
In October, European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly known as the investigation’s findings “actually stunning.”
