Turkey plans to deport one million Syrians forcibly
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The return of the Syrian refugees to their country is a very important issue, but the areas in northern Syria which are included in the Turkish scheme to deport one million Syrians, are not safe, a human rights activist said on Saturday.
On May 4, the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a plan to send one million Syrian refugees back to their country.
The Syrian human rights activist, Mustafa Osso said that the Syrians should be sent back to the areas they had left, not to new ones.
“This fact is included in the Article 14 of the UN Security Council Resolution 2254,” Osso asserted.
He added that Turkey is working on “a forcibly deportation” plan which aims to send the Syrians to the areas under its control in northern Syria.
Turkish-controlled areas in northern Syria are subjected to insecurity and instability where explosions, infightings, kidnappings, arrests and torture took place on a daily basis.
Osso pointed out that Erdogan’s plan “is not newborn, but it was implemented because it did not get the support of the international community.”
He indicated that the plan to deport the Syrians and to build settlements for them is linked to the parliamentarian and presidential elections which are scheduled to be held in 2023.
“The Turkish President presented the plan as a response to the campaigns of incitement which the Turkish opposition is launching against him now.”
“Turkey seeks to annex the areas of northern Syria to its territory in the future through Turkifying them and building a wall between them and the Syrian territory,” the activist warned.
Earlier, the Turkish Minister of Interior, Suleyman Soylu stated that Turkey had prepared 13 projects that include building 250,000 houses in the Turkish-controlled areas in northern Syria, i.e. Jarablus, Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain), Tel Abyad and al-Bab.
“Such a plan may cause a significant change in all aspects of life. Therefore, it is seen as a war crime and discrimination because it is considered a demographic change,” Osso noted.