Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Türkiye
Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Türkiye
Türkiye is one of the largest refugee-hosting countries worldwide, as the number of people forcibly displaced across the world due to conflict, violence and persecution hit record levels. Türkiye currently hosts some 3.2 million registered Syrian refugees along with close to 222,000 persons of concern from other nationalities.
The Republic of Türkiye is a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol, maintaining the geographical limitation to the 1951 Convention, thus retaining resettlement to a third country as the most preferred durable solution for refugees arrived due to the events occurred outside of Europe. Türkiye has been undertaking legislative and institutional reforms to build an effective national asylum system in compliance with the international standards. In April 2013, Türkiye’s first ever asylum law, the Law on Foreigners and International Protection, was endorsed by the Parliament and entered into force on 11 April 2014. The Law sets out the main pillars of Türkiye’s national asylum system and established the Presidency of Migration Management (PMM) as the main entity in charge of policy-making and proceedings for all foreigners in Türkiye. Türkiye also adopted Temporary Protection Regulation on 22 October 2014, which sets out the rights and obligations along with procedures for those who are granted temporary protection in Türkiye.
Some Legal and Informative Documents on Asylum-seekers and Refugees