Published : 02-09-2021
Migration management authorities in Turkey announced a set of new measures following the latest riots in Ankara.
This came in a meeting between Turkish officials and security bodies. All applications for the temporary protection card, known as kimlik, have been suspended. Authorities started transferring migrants outside of Ankara. Migrants without residence documents will also be transferred to deportation centres pending their refoulement.
In mid-August, a street fight erupted between two groups of youths in Altindag, a district of the Turkish capital, Ankara. In the violent confrontation between some Syrian migrants and a group of Turkish locals, two Turks were stabbed. A few hours later, one of them, 18-year-old Emirhan Yalcin, died in hospital.
The event sparked a wave of xenophobia. The following day, hundreds of people poured onto the streets of Altindag. There, they vandalized and ransacked stores, homes and cars belonging to Syrian immigrants.
Numerous videos were posted on social media networks showing the angry mob vandalizing Syrian property and shouting xenophobic slogans.
Migration management authorities in Turkey announced a set of new measures following the latest riots in Ankara.
This came in a meeting between Turkish officials and security bodies. All applications for the temporary protection card, known as kimlik, have been suspended. Authorities started transferring migrants outside of Ankara. Migrants without residence documents will also be transferred to deportation centres pending their refoulement.
In mid-August, a street fight erupted between two groups of youths in Altindag, a district of the Turkish capital, Ankara. In the violent confrontation between some Syrian migrants and a group of Turkish locals, two Turks were stabbed. A few hours later, one of them, 18-year-old Emirhan Yalcin, died in hospital.
The event sparked a wave of xenophobia. The following day, hundreds of people poured onto the streets of Altindag. There, they vandalized and ransacked stores, homes and cars belonging to Syrian immigrants.
Numerous videos were posted on social media networks showing the angry mob vandalizing Syrian property and shouting xenophobic slogans.
