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1 Refugees Facts Turkey High amount of illegal migration Every 5th refugee lives in a camp Open migration policy although economical presure Turkey Key facts Support for integrationand education by goverment and NGO`s receaved asylum seekers Amount of homeless refugees is increasing Key Facts about refugees in turkey Global overview of refugees - Top 5 hosting countries, 11. July 2014 Quartely asylum applications

2 Refugees Facts Turkey Refugees ,6 % 0,3 % 1,7 % 94,6 % Asylum Seekers Displaced People in Turkey Various 306 Afghanistan Iraq Syrian Arab Rep. Various Living outside of camps Living in camps Stateless Persons % 25 % Types of refugees in Turkey Origin countries Displaced Person official process of asylum applications illegal migration (without ID; stateless) introduction at the local federal government introduction at the local police department application for asylum can be submitted in any city. interview with policeofficer and interpretor, reasons for the application has to be explained application is examined by Ministry of Interior Process - Policy Waiting for asylum are supported by local authorities, UNHCR or NGO s first are accomodated in camps or temporary shelter (mosques, etc.) some tryes to find work in a city illegaly when asylum application is accepted they get support to integrate (learn language etc.), and in educational issues for children

3 Refugees Camps Turkey

4 Refugees Profile Destiny of Syrian Refugees Syrian woman no money no job lost his husband in the war reached hardly on foot the turkish border gets accommoda:on in a tent Syrian women 35 years old Has 3 li=le children Syrian family only few resources le7 a bit money and jewellery man is injured reached hardly on foot a refugee camp but there is no space for accommoda5on syrian family have 4 children

5 Refugees Profile Destiny of Syrian Refugees Syrian boy he and his brother hide in a transporter and travelled to Istanbul he tries to sell water bo6les in Istanbul lives in the streets and sleeps in a park in Istanbul syrian boy 9 years old lost his parents he has only one older brother le8 Syrian man well educated though can t find a job lost his family in the war travelled with a transporter to a turkish city ( e.g Istanbul) syrian man 37 years old brother lives in Germany he tries to move to him via Istanbul

6 Stakeholder relevant donors Ankara Refugee Lunch Support Group (e.g : UNCHR, turkish government) relevant residents (turkish inhabitants) ministries (e.g : disaster & emergency management & agency) Turkish Red Cross public u@li@es (e.g : NGO s) Stakeholder na@onal NGO s ( e.g : ankara refugee lunch support group,) İnsan Hak ve Hürriyetleri İnsani Yardım Vakfı Humanitarian Relief Foundation Human Rights Foundation of Turkey private sector interna@onal NGO s (e.g : UNCHR;NRC)

7 Refugees Camp Turkey Kilis Refugees ar not allowed to go out Opening : October Syrian Refugees medical care for refugees Key Facts can only capture Refugees 80 lira per head in two weeks payment via Cards 2051 containers container 21 qm 2 Rooms, kitchenede bathroom supermarket s, kindergarte n, schools

8 Temporary shelter typologies Mosques wedding halls logis2c center / warehouse schools temporary shelter typology hotels tents containers

9 Refugees Turkey Istanbul Istanbul District Plan Highest resident of refugees

10 Refugees Key Facts Istanbul Association for Solidarity with Asylum-Seekers and Migrants We laid out the already-ready Red Crescent camp in Pendik and Tuzla Logistic Center for homeless people. The refugees left outside have been called to live in these facilities we organized for the past 10 days. They have been told it s unacceptable for their health and for the conscience of our hospitable society, especially in these winter conditions, (* governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu, Hurriyet Daily News) Turkish Red Crescent Society UNHCR Implementing Partner Human Resources Development Foundation Mutlu said authorities would take drastic measures to contain the negative consequences of Syrian refugees in Istanbul, including sending those begging in the streets back to the refugee camps without their consent. (* governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu, interview with aljazeera) Aprox refugees in Istanbul *(MAZLUMDER Report Sep. 2014) avarage income $275 Government Agencies UNHCR Operational Partner Coast Guards Command Disaster and Emergency Management Agency Ministry of Family and Social Policies Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Interior General Direktorate for Migration Management General Directorate for Security many others * Others NGO s IOM (intanational organisation for migration) Amnesty International Ankara Refugee Lunch Support Group Association for Solidarity with Refugees (Multieci-Der) Bar Associations Caritas - Caritas International Danish Refugee Council Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies MAZLUMDER (Association for human rights and solidarity with the suppressed) Turkey s Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD)

11 Refugees Turkey Istanbul Pir Sultan Abdal Cultural and Solidarity Association Local Church (Meryem Ana Church) Istanbul District Plan Shelter Mapping Red Cross and Red Crescent Society

12 Shelter Guidelines Needs and Assets right to work, social network, protection need Social Capital Human Capital knowlege, skills, documented training Technical expertise (engineers, professionsals, architects needed) Settlement planning support Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Legal and administrativ e assistence General household Items (cooking set, ) Information pionts for advices and guidance Basic Resources Natural Capital access to land titeles to secure rental agreements Community labor Cash for Work / social assistance Financial Capital Physical Capital Insurance and guarantees cash, access to loan house, clothses, tools Adequate Livelihood Basic Needs and Assets Shelter Guidelines for urban accomodation

13 Conclusion Refugees in Istanbul

14 Conclusion Strategy Chances Problems - safe life without bombs - Injured people get medical help - children have the oppurtunity to visit school - trauma therapy - able to work in the camp - get money for buying food - support of NGO s - increasing rate of refugees - lack of accommanda3on - lack of rights (no right to work outside the camp, many feel like in a prison, no perspec3ve, stuck in a situa3on) - lack of hygiene - lack of resources ( e.g : houshold items; clothes etc.) Reutilization of empty buildings Reduce amount of homeless Integration / Education - language skills - Employment - Human rights (medical care, etc.) Selfcontainment Financial support Summary Shelter Camps Advanced Strategy Beatrice El Hage Anum Zahid Urban Camps Mundus Urbano Analysis Prof. Dr. Peter Gotsch

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