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Speaking at a press conference organized by the Refugee Rights Platform, Lawyer Gülden Sönmez stated, "Even refugees who have not committed any crimes are held in deportation centers for 3 months. They are forced to sign the voluntary return text under duress."

Vice Minister of Interior Çataklı has announced that the Immigration Authority of Turkey will file a criminal complaint against Victory Party Chair Özdağ, Sinan Oğan and Prof. Bengi Başer over their remarks marking the Syrian refugees as targets.

HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar has talked about the recently escalating xenophobia: “We say ‘no’ to war; peace is our path. We will never give credence to racism.”

Eleven people in two shisha bars have been killed by an armed attack that authorities believe was carried out with "xenophobic motives."

The French Government announced that they will shut down the existing 300 Roma camps, claiming they became crime centers. The total number of deportees was 11.000 last year. EU specialist Aktar sees a connection between radical changes of policies and President Sarkozy's run-up to the 2011 elections.