The main argument of this MAIR thesis is that the lack of political motives between the EU and Turkey, towards a common response to migration, resulted in a controversial Refugee Agreement in March...Show moreThe main argument of this MAIR thesis is that the lack of political motives between the EU and Turkey, towards a common response to migration, resulted in a controversial Refugee Agreement in March 2016, which accelerated the number of irregular migrants as well as migrant smugglers and could not provide a long-lasting solution. This thesis aims to identify the process, problems, concerns and the lack of transparency, which eventually resulted in the establishment of this agreement, by reviewing the directives of the UN and EU, and to conclude with possible policy recommendations for further migration discussions, with an emphasis on existing literature on common asylum policies. The coordinated action between the EU and Turkey which eventually resulted in the 2016 Refugee Agreement underlined some multilateral promises that for one Syrian readmitted back to Turkey from densely refugee-populated Greek Islands, there will be another Syrian refugee resettled in an EU Member State in addition to the financial contribution to the Turkish government. This mechanism, in regard to various criticisms from the international community as well as human rights organisations and various scholars, could not ensure the desired stability for the migration crisis, likewise left the people seeking asylum in uncertainty and under inhumane circumstances. There are still thousands of people claiming asylum not only in the reception centres among the European Member States, especially Southern islands of Greece but also in the cities of the Southern part of Turkey where the political and economic capacity have been deteriorating.Show less