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The Social inclusion of Syrian refugees in Turkey
APL
(Ajiken
Power
Lunch)
is
a
lunchtime
workshop
open
to
public,
including
IDE
staffs,
visiting
research
fellows,
IDEAS
students,
outside
researchers
and
graduate
students.
This
workshop
provides
a
platform
for
presentation
of
any
work
in
progress
where
we
can
discuss
in
either
English
or
Japanese.
Those
who
would
attend
a
seminar
are
asked
to
announce
yourself
to
receptionists
on
your
arrival
at
the
IDE
and
to
obtain
APL
Organizers'
signature
on
your
admission
card
after
the
seminar.
Date&time:
October 28, 2016. (Friday) 11：30-13：00
Venue:
Theme:
The Social inclusion of Syrian refugees in Turkey
Abstract
Currently,
2.7
million
Syrians
live
in
Turkey
under
the
"Temporary
Protection".
91%
of
them
live
non-camp
situations
while
only
9%
lives
in
camps.
In
addition,
Turkey
hosts,
under
its
“international
protection
regime”,
125,000
Iraqis,
113.000
Afghans,
28,500
Iranians,
4,000
Somalians,
and
8,000
persons
belonging
a
variety
of
countries.
This
is
the
major
refugee
crisis
Turkey
has
faced
so
far
in
its
history.
On
the
other
hand,
Turkey’s
asylum
system
is
of
temporary
character
because
it
maintains
geographical
limitation
to
1951
Convention
on
the
status
of
refugees.
The
Turkish
asylum
system
has
been
based
for
decades
on
the
assumption
that
the
refugees
who
are
not
citizens
of
a
European
country
cannot
stay
in
Turkey
but
would
be
resettled
to
other
countries.
This
means
that
Turkey
has
not
developed
any
integration
policies
and
legal
provisions.
However,
today,
resettlement
is
only
possible
for
only
some
thousands
of
refugees
who
are
considered
to
be
most
vulnerable
persons.
The
main
challenges
Turkey
currently
faces
are
finding
ways
of
meeting
basic
needs
of
this
3
million
people;
and
how
to
realise
condition
of
social
inclusion
for
such
a
large
number
of
people
from
a
different
country
and
culture.
These
people
have
very
limited
access
to
labour
markets.
They
face
problem
of
finding
proper
housing.
Malnutrition
is
very
common.
They
cannot
send
their
children
to
schools.
They
live
at
the
margins
of
Turkish
society
with
maximum
degree
of
isolation.
The
Turkish
Government,
the
UN
agencies,
European
Union,
International
and
national
NGOs
and
municipalities
spend
billions
of
dollars
to
help
these
refugees.
However,
there
is
no
understanding
yet
that
to
cope
with
this
crisis
Turkey
needs
an
overall
strategy
of
integration
and
social
inclusion.
This
presentation
will
argue,
in
the
absence
of
such
a
strategy,
3
million
refugees
will
remain
in
deteriorating
conditions
and
in
desperation.
Which
is
also
a
potential
social
and
political
threat
to
the
stability
of
Turkey.
While
it
is
the
international
responsibility
to
help
more
to
Turkey,
the
main
responsibility
lies
in
Turkey.
One
major
issue
is
to
recognize
legal
status
for
refugees.
This
requires
lifting
of
geographical
limitation.
All
obstacles,
legal
and
administrative
need
to
be
removed
to
give
a
chance
for
refugees
to
build
a
dignified
life
in
Turkey.
This
will
also
be
essential
to
build
their
devastated
countries,
when
they
return
to
their
homes
in
the
future.
Speaker：
Metin Çorabatır (The Research Center on Asylum and Migration, Turkey)
Chair:
Languages:
English
IMAI Kohei E-mail：kohei_imai
TSUBURA Machiko E-mail：Machiko_Tsubura
ASUYAMA Yoko E-mail：yoko_asuyama