🇹🇷🇸🇾🇪🇺Since the start of the ongoing Syrian conflict, Turkey has been bearing the heaviest burden when it comes to hosting refugees than other Syria's neighbouring countries.
To date, there are 3,638,193 registered Syrian refugees in Turkey; as a comparison, Lebanon’s Syrian community – the second largest after Turkey’s – amounts to less than a million. Even if the Turkish government granted access to some public services (health, most importantly) to the Syrian refugees, here as well the majority of the refugees – especially the most vulnerable categories such as women and children – face the same challenges present in other countries, from child labour and exploitation to diseases and malnutrition and lack of education and training opportunities.
The situation got worse due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most refugees in Turkey live outside camps or in the outskirts of big cities, with limited access to basic services such as hygiene items and personal protective equipment essential to staying healthy amidst the pandemic. Furthermore, the economic downturn prompted by the COVID-19 has pushed hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees into an ever more dramatic situation.
With a vaccine-driven improvement of the situation, though, it will not be long before new refugees waves and even COVID-induced migration will become an emergency again, forcing the EU and Turkey to sit – like it or not – at the negotiation table, writes Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti.
#Morality_and_Law #Turkey #EU #Syria #refugees
To date, there are 3,638,193 registered Syrian refugees in Turkey; as a comparison, Lebanon’s Syrian community – the second largest after Turkey’s – amounts to less than a million. Even if the Turkish government granted access to some public services (health, most importantly) to the Syrian refugees, here as well the majority of the refugees – especially the most vulnerable categories such as women and children – face the same challenges present in other countries, from child labour and exploitation to diseases and malnutrition and lack of education and training opportunities.
The situation got worse due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most refugees in Turkey live outside camps or in the outskirts of big cities, with limited access to basic services such as hygiene items and personal protective equipment essential to staying healthy amidst the pandemic. Furthermore, the economic downturn prompted by the COVID-19 has pushed hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees into an ever more dramatic situation.
With a vaccine-driven improvement of the situation, though, it will not be long before new refugees waves and even COVID-induced migration will become an emergency again, forcing the EU and Turkey to sit – like it or not – at the negotiation table, writes Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti.
#Morality_and_Law #Turkey #EU #Syria #refugees
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Syrian Refugees in Turkey: The Evolution of Domestic and International Narratives
The EU-Turkey deal is set to expire in a year or two upon the completion of the EU financial assistance transfer; however, the revamping of the deal would require resuming membership talks or, at least, upgrading the customs union
🇦🇫🇷🇺 Is a large-scale influx of refugees from Afghanistan to Russia possible?
Russia has the image of a country that does not consider refugees to be a promising category for increasing the country’s population, and the very procedure to first obtain official refugee status, and on the basis of this status gain citizenship in the Russian Federation, is quite difficult for Afghans, writes Valdai Club expert Dmitry Poletaev.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/large-scale-influx-of-refugees-from-afghanistan/
#Afghanistan #refugees #migration
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Russia has the image of a country that does not consider refugees to be a promising category for increasing the country’s population, and the very procedure to first obtain official refugee status, and on the basis of this status gain citizenship in the Russian Federation, is quite difficult for Afghans, writes Valdai Club expert Dmitry Poletaev.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/large-scale-influx-of-refugees-from-afghanistan/
#Afghanistan #refugees #migration
@valdai_club — The Valdai Discussion Club
Valdai Club
Is a Large-Scale Influx of Refugees From Afghanistan to Russia Possible?
Russia has the image of a country that does not consider refugees to be a promising category for increasing the country’s population, and the very procedure to first obtain official refugee status, and on the basis of this status gain citizenship in the Russian…
👥🌐 Refugees, Displaced People and Asylum Seekers Around the World — INFOGRAPHIC
👉 The infographic was created special for the 12th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club and available in high resolution on our website.
#refugees #migrationcrisis
@valdai_club — The Valdai Discussion Club
👉 The infographic was created special for the 12th Asian Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club and available in high resolution on our website.
#refugees #migrationcrisis
@valdai_club — The Valdai Discussion Club