Dear Mr Atilla Toros,
I write to express my concern about the authorities’ imminent plans to forcibly return Eritrean nationals who are
detained at Aydın Removal Centre. A civil society representative told Amnesty International that around 180
Eritreans were deported from Türkiye in the past weeks. Most of them are now detained at Adi Abeto prison, a
major prison complex outside Asmara, the capital of Eritrea. A further 100 individuals have been deported in the
previous months. Eritrean nationals currently detained in Türkiye have alerted their family members via phone
calls and letters that the authorities are preparing to deport them as well and that it can happen any time now.
Amnesty International believes that these individuals have not had the opportunity to challenge their deportation
decisions before a court or to apply for international protection in Türkiye. According to information obtained by
Amnesty International, people in the group of detained Eritrean nationals were also held in inadequate conditions,
due to a lack of access to water, adequate food, poor sanitation, and very limited access to legal assistance and
phones, making it hard to communicate with family and loved ones. Amnesty International has documented in the
past that people returned to Eritrea have been detained incommunicado and tortured upon return because leaving
the country without authorisation is a crime. The Turkish authorities must immediately halt all deportations of
Eritrean nationals to Eritrea where they would be at risk of serious human rights violations including torture.
I urge you not to forcibly return people to Eritrea, where they would face a real risk of serious human rights
violations. I also urge you to respect Türkiye’s international obligations under the 1951 Convention Relating to the
Status of Refugees, the UN Convention Against Torture and customary international law to uphold the principle of
non-refoulement, which is binding on all states. Pending their release, ensure that Eritreans detained in Türkiye
are given access to fair and effective asylum procedures, and are held in conditions meeting international
standards on the detention of migrants and asylum-seekers.
ويواجه مئات المواطنين الإريتريين خطر الإعادة القسرية الوشيك إلى إريتريا،حيث سيواجهون خطراً حقيقياً بالتعرض
للتعذيب والاعتقال التعسفي وغيره من الانتهاكات الجسيمة لحقوق الإنسان. تشير التقارير إلى أن حوالي 300 إريتري تم احتجازهم مؤخرًا في تركيا دون إمكانية الوصول إلى الدعم القانوني الكافي قد تم ترحيلهم إلى إريتريا. ويجب على السلطات أن توقف فوراً أي خطط لإعادة المواطنين الإريتريين قسراً من تركيا ومنحهم إمكانية الوصول إلى إجراءات اللجوء، بما يتماشى مع القانون الدولي.
ብኣማኢት ዝቑጸሩ ኤርትራውያን ዜጋታት ናብ ኤርትራ ብሓይሊ ክምለሱ ኣብ ዝቐረበ ሓደጋ ስቅያት፡ ኢደወነናዊ ማእሰርትን ካልእ ከቢድ ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን ከጋጥሞም እዩ። ጸብጻባት ከም ዘመልክትዎ፡ ኣብዚ ቀረባ እዋን ኣብ ቱርኪየ ዝተኣስሩ ኣስታት 300 ኤርትራውያን፡ እኹል ርክብ ወይ ሕጋዊ ደገፍ ከይረኸቡ፡ ናብ ኤርትራ ከም ዝተሰጎጉ ይሕብሩ። ሰበ-ስልጣን ኤርትራውያን ዜጋታት ካብ ቱርኪየ ብሓይሊ ንምምላስን ምስ ኣህጉራዊ ሕጊ ብምስምማዕ ኣገባብ ዑቕባ ንኽረኽቡ ዝገብርዎ መደብ ብቕጽበት ደው ከብሉን ይግባእ
