This week On the Move, Begüm Başdaş talked with Minos Mouzourakis, Legal Officer at Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) about the past seven years of the EU – Turkey Statement, well known as the EU-Turkey Deal. Mouzourakisdiscussed Europe’s migration management policies with a focus on the human rights impact of the Deal and articulated the concerns centered on the “safe third country” concept that risks massive rejections of asylum applications in Europe, including the Greek authorities’ urge to return asylum seekers back to Turkey.
Minos Mouzourakis is Legal Officer at Refugee Support Aegean (RSA), a non-profit organization offering legal support to refugees and asylum seekers in Greece. He has previously worked at the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) on the Common European Asylum System and its implementation, and has conducted research for the European Parliament, UNHCR and the University of Oxford. Minos holds an MSc in Refugee & Forced Migration Studies from the University of Oxford and law degrees from University College London and Aix-Marseille Universite.
