The European Court of Human Rights condemned Turkey for deporting to Syria an immigrant who had a legal residence permit, stating that “serious and proven facts lead to the conclusion that there is a real risk that the applicant in Syria will be subjected to treatment contrary to Article 3 (European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits torture or any form of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment), and that the Turkish authorities knowingly put the latter at risk of being subjected to treatment contrary to the Convention.

And she indicated in the application that “the applicant returned to Turkey in July 2018, and then left for Germany, where he applied for refugee status.” and was deported. Two days later, he returned to Syria without giving him the opportunity to object to this decision, despite the fact that at that time he had a residence permit in Turkey and enjoyed “temporary protection”. The Strasbourg-based judicial body of the Council of Europe also condemned Ankara and ordered it to pay him 9,750 euros.