http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20160310-103949 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/why-the-eu-turkey-deal-is-legal-and-a-step-in-the-right-direction/ Why the EU-Turkey Deal is Legal and a Step in the Right Direction Thym, Daniel eng 2016-03-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 EU-Turkey Agreement Geneva Refugee Convention Refugee Protection Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Pro-refugee NGOs were quick to castigate the EU-Turkey refugee deal for falling foul of the EU’s on legal standards and for being an anti-humanitarian solution, in particular insofar as forced returns to Turkey are concerned. Academics also present a critical outlook reiterating the legal criticism or criticising the EU for burden-shifting. The critique highlights a number of valid concerns, but these caveats do not unmake the legal and conceptual value of the approach pursued by the EU: mass-influx scenarios require international cooperation.