Forced Return Archives - Syrian Association for Citizens' Dignity

Press Releases, Events

SACD in Copenhagen: Denmark’s policies should not serve Russia’s agenda in Syria

Copenhagen – 10 March 2022 Good morning everyone, my name is Haya Atassi and I am the Media Manager at the Syrian Association for Citizens’ Dignity (SACD), and I’m a displaced Syrian myself. The Association is a grassroots popular movement established to promote, protect and secure the rights of Syrian refugees and internally displaced […]

Interviews

Turkish and Syrian legal experts in agreement: no legal basis for deportations of Syrians from Turkey back to Syria

Interviews

Experts interviewed for Danish Immigration Service report on Damascus condemn misuse of their interviews, most will not cooperate with DIS in the same way again

According to the responses from the researchers and experts on Syria, who were interviewed by the Danish Immigration Service for the Country of Origin report on Damascus and Damascus Countryside, the decision to remove temporary protection from Syrian refugees from these areas did not at all reflect the information they provided and most of them […]

Interviews

New hope for Abdel Raouf Ahmed, a Syrian refugee in Denmark stripped from protection

Abdel Raouf Ahmed, one of the Syrian refugees who were stripped of the right to protection by the Danish authorities. The Syrian Association for Citizens’ Dignity interviewed him earlier where he explained the reasons behind withdrawing his protection and its effects on his life. “I rejected the decision because it was tantamount to sending me to inevitable […]

Interviews

Danish government separated me from my son, but I will rather die than go back to Assad’s Syria

Denmark’s decision to withdraw protection from Syrian refugees from Damascus and its countryside on the basis of the assessment that it is safe for them to return has placed the country in a unique position globally. To date, no governments have formally concluded that Syria is safe for the purposes of removing protection for individuals […]

Press Releases

UN and SARC must stop participating in forced return of displaced Syrians from Rukban

Idlib, 14 September 2021 – The Syrian Association for Citizen’s Dignity calls upon the United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) to immediately cease all plans to transfer displaced Syrians from Rukban camp to areas under control of the Syrian regime. While Syrians living in Rukban camp endure extremely harsh living conditions, returning […]

Interviews

Yasin Aktay: Turkey will not force Syrian refugees into unsafe return

In a series of conversations with current and former officials and experts from countries whose policies have major impact on displaced Syrians, journalist and transitional justice expert Refik Hodzic will seek to illuminate some of the key policies, decisions and plans of these countries. The logical start in this series was Turkey, the country that […]

Briefings and Analysis

SACD analysis: Denmark is setting a dangerous precedent which must be reversed

The decision issued this week by the Denmark’s Refugee Appeals Board[1], which confirms earlier decision by the Danish Immigration Service[2] to deny asylum to three Syrian women from Damascus, claiming that “there is no reason to assume that everyone will be at real risk of being assaulted”, sets a dangerous precedent and needs to be […]

Briefings and Analysis

Displaced Syrians forced to return to Assad-held areas from Rukban facing detention, torture, death

The man, who is in a stable condition in hospital, has potentially life-changing injuries after the overnight attack in Garvagh, County Londonderry. He was shot in the arms and legs.

Press Releases

Syrian Association for Citizens’ Dignity demands urgent aid to Rukban camp and calls on the international community to prevent forced return of the displaced to Assad-held areas

The man, who is in a stable condition in hospital, has potentially life-changing injuries after the overnight attack in Garvagh, County Londonderry. He was shot in the arms and legs.

Forced Return

SACD in Copenhagen: Denmark’s policies should not serve Russia’s agenda in Syria

Turkish and Syrian legal experts in agreement: no legal basis for deportations of Syrians from Turkey back to Syria

Experts interviewed for Danish Immigration Service report on Damascus condemn misuse of their interviews, most will not cooperate with DIS in the same way again

New hope for Abdel Raouf Ahmed, a Syrian refugee in Denmark stripped from protection

Danish government separated me from my son, but I will rather die than go back to Assad’s Syria

UN and SARC must stop participating in forced return of displaced Syrians from Rukban

Yasin Aktay: Turkey will not force Syrian refugees into unsafe return

SACD analysis: Denmark is setting a dangerous precedent which must be reversed

Displaced Syrians forced to return to Assad-held areas from Rukban facing detention, torture, death

Syrian Association for Citizens’ Dignity demands urgent aid to Rukban camp and calls on the international community to prevent forced return of the displaced to Assad-held areas

SACD Newsletter: July 2022

Syrians have the right to know the reality in Syria before being asked to go back

Delivery of cross border humanitarian aid to Idlib is legal even without UNSC approval

SACD Newsletter: June 2022

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