Syrian Refugee Fadi Mansour Sent to Kumkapı Repatriation Center

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Syrian refugee Fadi Mansour was released after being kept in “Problematic Passengers Room” in Atatürk Airport for a year, but now has been sent to Kumkapı Repatriation Center.

His attorney, Aysu Kapaklıkaya in her statement to bianet said his release procedures from the airport were completed but taken to Kumkapı Repatriation Center in the evening hours.

From airport to repatriation center

It was decided last weekend to release Mansour from “Problematic Passengers Room” in Atatürk Airport where he was kept for a year. He waited at police station in the airport until he left. His procedures were completed and released last morning.

However, the decision included him to be taken to Adana Repatriation Center.

His attorney Kapaklıkaya applied to İstanbul Provincial Immigration Management Directorate yesterday to have him not sent to Repatriation Center.

His application hasn’t been responded yet but Mansour was taken to Kumkapı Repatriation Center last night.

It has also been applied to Ankara 1st Administrative Court for Mansour to be able to stay in Turkey. Court ruling is being awaited.

Mansour had shared the picture of the hamburger he used to eat to every lunch for a year on Twitter.

What had happened?

Citizen of Syria, F.M. has left Syria to evade military service in August 2012 and went to Lebanon.

F.M. stated that he came to Turkey from Lebanon following being kept hostage for ransom by a local group in Lebanon.

He went to Malaysia after staying in Turkey for a month. His entrance to Malaysia was denied on the allegation that he used fake ID information. Malaysian authorities returned him to Turkey in March 2015.

F.M. has been remanded in custody in Atatürk Airport’s “Problematic Passengers Room” for eight months. He demanded to be sent to Lebanon after he was attacked and wounded by another person on remand.

He headed to Lebanon on November 20 but his entrance to the country was denied and that sent back to İstanbul the next day, on November 21. He had been taken into custody once more as he landed in İstanbul and was being kept in “Problematic Passengers Room”. (AS/TK)