Repatriation

The repatriation center in Aegean province of İzmir's Harmandali district has been shown as a positive example in terms of conditions and social services.

The Turkish economy will be mobilized with the new cash repatriation scheme which is expected to draw huge amount of money although the government does not target a specific amount, Finance Minister Naci Ağbal has said, according to a report by state-run Anadolu Agency.

Ankara is working on a new cash repatriation law to bring Turkish citizens' assets abroad back to the country, Finance Minister Naci Ağbal has said.

Rohingya refugees will be allowed to return to Myanmar "as soon as possible," a minister said, despite a stillborn repatriation process and United Nations warnings that the safety of returnees could not be guaranteed.

Germany is set to create its first federal migrant repatriation centre over the summer, reports EUobserver. 

State secretary Stephan Mayer told the newspaper that the centre was a top priority for the new government. The centre is likely to be built in Bavaria or in Hessen. The aim is to speed up returns of people whose asylum requests have been rejected.

While Turkey has succeeded in the repatriation of several ancient artifacts over the past decade, there are many more ancient artifacts abroad that the government should persist in securing the return of, says veteran journalist Özgen Acar.

Greek authorities were awaiting on Sunday for a formal briefing from US authorities to launch the procedures for the repatriation of the Greek antiquities seized from a billionaire's home and office in New York city, Greece's Culture Ministry said in a press statement.

A total of 1,645 undocumented immigrants were returned to their countries of origin last month, according to figures provided by the Greek Police Monday.

As the inflow of undocumented migrants to the islands of the eastern Aegean rises with the improving weather, the government is planning action to ease the pressure on increasingly overcrowded reception centers, Kathimerini writes.

767 illegally residing third-country nationals have been deported from Bulgaria in the period from the beginning of 2017 until the end of March, Interior Ministry data show, quoted by BNR.

Most of them have been returned to their country of origin under voluntary repatriation programmes.