TAGS: Individuals at Risk, Urgent Action Network • Communities at Risk, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Immigration Detention, Refugee and Migrant Rights, Refugees & Asylum • Asia and the Pacific, Turkey •

Good News! – Turkey: M.K. Released (UA 45/16)

March 30, 2016

Syrian refugee M.K., who had been arbitrarily detained at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen airport since 9 November 2015, was released on 29 March. He is required to go to the central Anatolian province of Aksaray to await a decision on his international protection application. He will not be detained while awaiting the decision.

Syrian refugee M.K., who had been arbitrarily detained at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen airport since 9 November 2015, was released on 29 March. He is required to go to the central Anatolian province of Aksaray to await a decision on his international protection application. He will not be detained while awaiting the decision.

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Many thanks to those who sent appeals. No further action is requested of the UA network.