nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20160310-103949 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 160309s2016||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20160310-103949 doi eng 342 23 Thym, Daniel Author aut Why the EU-Turkey Deal is Legal and a Step in the Right Direction Thym, Daniel Verfassungsblog 2016-03-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 EU-Turkey Agreement Geneva Refugee Convention Refugee Protection Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/why-the-eu-turkey-deal-is-legal-and-a-step-in-the-right-direction/ raw object