Turkey has stopped registering Syrian refugees, say human rights group

According to a new report by Human Rights Watch, several states in Turkey canceled the registration procedure for new refugees in Syria

Prison authorities said on Monday that only a few people who escaped from neighboring conflicts are registered as asylum seekers and weakens refugees against illegal eviction and forces return to Syria and the basic services such as medical care and education He refused to offer.

Researchers concluded that this movement aimed at preventing more Syrians from escaping to Turkey with 5 million refugees. After 2015, the borders with the countries devastated by war are closed. In other words, newcomers are being smuggled into the country and trying to avoid border patrols.

Human Rights Watch said the national boundaries and nine states in Istanbul committed this practice and since 2015 many Syrians stated that freedom of movement in Turkey is restricted without special travel permission .

"We are always welcoming Syrians and we are still welcoming them," Turkish officials told AFP. "People in Turkey can receive all the services they need."

In a statement, Human Rights Watch Assistant Refugee Program Director Jerry Simpson also accused Europe - the company has entered into Turkey a second of its $ 3 billion (2.3 billion pound) fund under its immigration agreement Issuing a batch - refugees

He said, "Forcing Syrians to reach legal limits beyond the Turkish border has the danger of driving them to the basement and driving them to the EU," he said.

Turkey absorbed more refugees from more complex Syrian civil warfare than any other country, but mass inflows of people pressured the service and brought local community tension.

In recent months, it helped resettle Arab refugees in a part of the northern Syrian confiscated from the Kurds army in January this year.

On April 29, 2011, the first Syrian refugees entered Turkey. According to the Immigration Bureau on 13 November 2015, the number of registered Syrian refugees in Turkey was 2,226,117 people. Of these, 260,913 were placed in 25 temporary refugee camps in 10 cities. Another 1,965,204 people were scattered throughout Turkey. These are registered refugees. Together with unregistered refugees, the total number is estimated to be about 5 million people. In Turkey, about 12% of Syrians live in 25 refugee camps in 10 cities. The remaining 88% are distributed throughout Turkey. In 10 cities, the number of refugees is the same as the number of indigenous peoples. Several cities currently have the majority of refugee populations. The maximum number of Syrians is Istanbul, Gaziantep, Sanlufa, Hatay.

Local governments are at the forefront of managing the situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey. More than 95% of Turkish Syrians live in the city center. Located on the border with Syria, Kiris accommodates more Syrian refugees than residents of Turkey. There are at least 560,000 registered Syrian refugees in Istanbul. Zeytinburnu is an area of ​​this city where more than 50,000 people live. Municipalities provide free language courses, Syrians provide some degree of legal flexibility to start a business, at least one region Bağcılar encourages Syrians to participate in the Advisory Citizen Committee We are developing a social support program.

Turkey - As of February 2016, there are 2,688,686 registered refugees in Turkey. About 30% live in 22 public camps near the Syrian border. Turkey is the country with the largest number of Syrian refugees and has offered more than $ 8 million aid. In other countries financial support is limited, but the EU promised to offer 32 million euros in November 2015. This commitment has not been achieved yet. The response to the refugee crisis in Turkey is different from other countries. As pointed out in the World Bank's report, this is a non-competitive and government-funded approach, rather than directing refugees to refugee camps relying on humanitarian agencies to provide support.