Asylum seekers and legal experts say offensive, sexualised strip searches ostensibly aimed at deterring further crossings are violating human rights. Asked about allegations of forced body and genital searches, Frontex told Al Jazeera it “is aware of a handful of such cases in Greece and Bulgaria”. According to its report, EU border authorities sometimes force asylum seekers to walk back …
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his economic policies have not changed but he suggested in comments published Wednesday that his finance minister will have leeway to move away from an unconventional approach that many have blamed for a worsening cost-of-living crisis. While the appointments signaled a shift in the longtime Turkish leader’s views on how to stimulate …
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection last month despite a battered economy and a cost-of-living crisis that experts say are exacerbated by his unconventional economic policies. But lingering uncertainty over Erdogan’s economic direction and an apparent move to loosen government controls of foreign currency exchanges have led Turkey’s currency to plunge to record lows against the …
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