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Dump for which 15-year lifetime was assumed already used for 30 years

Dump for which 15-year lifetime was assumed already used for 30 years

Locals demand dump area to be closed: "In the last years the hills no more accept the garbage, shears, and land movements have started to develop."

Lawmakers’ questions on Harmandalı Removal Center left unanswered

Lawmakers’ questions on Harmandalı Removal Center left unanswered

As the Parliamentary questions of MPs and the calls of civil society about the Harmandalı Removal Center in İzmir are left unanswered, main opposition CHP MP Bakan has brought the issue once again to the Parliamentary agenda.

‘No Doctors, No Quarantine, No Hygiene Products in Harmandalı Removal Center’

PANDEMIC REPORT BY İZMİR BAR ASSOCIATION

‘No Doctors, No Quarantine, No Hygiene Products in Harmandalı Removal Center’

According to a recent report by İzmir Bar Association, refugees held in Harmandalı Removal Center have indicated that the ones having a fever are given medicine to reduce their fever, but they are not isolated in a separate place or room.

‘Why are Removal Centers Closed to Civil Society?’

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION BY HDP MP KEMALBAY

‘Why are Removal Centers Closed to Civil Society?’

HDP MP Kemalbay has brought the allegations of torture and ill treatment in Harmandalı Removal Center into Parliamentary agenda. Referring to an article by bianet, she has asked, “Why are the removal centers completely closed to civil society?”

Harmandalı Removal Center Told from Inside: Battery, Attempted Suicide, Illness, Death

Harmandalı Removal Center Told from Inside: Battery, Attempted Suicide, Illness, Death

A security guard from the Harmandalı Removal Center has spoken to bianet about what happened “inside”: 1,500 people live in a 750-person place, most of them sleep on the floor. The ones who do not want to be deported constantly commit suicide.

23 July 2019 Evrim Kepenek