(b) (c) (d) (e) Beneficiaries of International Protection, published on 26 April 2016,589 without taking into consideration its critical amendments, based on emergency measures;590 the letters, dated 2016, exchanged between the European Commission and Turkish authorities,591 the letters, dated 2016, exchanged between the European Commission and the Greek authorities,592 the 2016 letters of UNHCR to the Greek Asylum Service, regarding the implementation of Turkish law about temporary protection for Syrians returning from Greece to Türkiye and sources, indicated only by title and link, without proceeding to any concrete reference and legal analysis of the parts they base their conclusions. Although a number of more recent sources have been added to the endnotes of some decisions issued since late 2018 and up until today, their content is not at all assessed or taken into account and applications continue to be rejected as inadmissible on the same reasoning as before. 593 Accordingly, negative first instance decisions, qualifying Türkiye as a safe third country for Syrians, are not only identical and repetitive – failing to provide an individualised assessment, in violation of Articles 10 and 38 of the Directive 2013/32/EU, but also outdated insofar, as they do not take into account developments after 2016, failing to meet their obligation to investigate ex officio the material originating from reliable and objective sources as regards the situation in Türkiye, and the actual regime in the country, given the absolute nature of the protection afforded by Article 3 ECHR. It is worth noting that as regards negative first decisions qualifying Türkiye as a safe third country for all the other nationalities, namely Afghans, Somalis, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis, they are based inter alia on the aforementioned letters dated 2016, exchanged between the European Commission and Turkish authorities, the letters exchanged between the European Commission and the Greek authorities as well as the letters of UNHCR to the Greek Asylum Service. Nevertheless, it has to be highlighted that these letters, apart from the fact that they are outdated, they concern only Syrian nationals. 589 590 591 592 593 National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities, Türkiye: Regulation on Work Permit of International Protection Applicants and International Protection Status Holders, 26 April 2016, available at: https://bit.ly/3oTLij3. 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