"It was at the time of the refoulement to Oujda, when they [Moroccan soldiers] set us free, we were looking for a way to come back to the city.
The refoulement -the fact of being arrested and deported to Oujda or across the border- was cited by many as increasing risk of victimization.
"It happened here in Morocco during the refoulement, a young girl and a young boy got their legs broken by the Moroccan military.
The work belongs to a series that 37-year-old Seton has collected under the title Refoulement, showing at Sullivan + Strumpf in Sydney before touring to Canberra and Melbourne.
According to Balazs expelling refugees to Serbia — a country Hungary considers to be "safe" after amending its asylum laws back in August — breaches Article Three of the European Convention On Human Rights, which forbids refoulement: the expulsion of people who have the right to be recognized as refugees back to their home country or any other country where they may be subject to persecution.
The non-refoulement principle, emanating from the international realm but having domestic relevance, is the thread that links these judicial cases and is precisely the refugee protection at stake in this discussion.
Turkey had maintained an "open door" policy for Syrian migrants for five years and strictly abided by the "non-refoulement" principle of not returning someone to a country where they are liable to face persecution, it said.
Despite international praise for Turkey's swift response to the influx of Syrians since the beginning of the war in 2011, human rights groups have repeatedly documented the country's violation of the non-refoulement principle, with people trying to flee to Turkey routinely beaten, shot at and pushed back at the country's border with Syria.
This crisis is an opportunity for Europe to uphold its commitments to the principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the 1951 Convention on Refugees and its Protocol; to respect basic human dignity and the principle of 'non refoulement'; to uphold the foundation values of the European Union and the core principles of its Human Rights legislation.
Beyani accused neighbouring countries of breaching the international principle of non-refoulement which is designed to guarantee a safe haven for the victims of persecution.
