Published : 08-06-2022
The Syrian-Turkish Joint Committee announced on Tuesday that the Turkish Immigration Department has started adopting new procedures in order to grant the temporary protection card (kimlik) to new refugees coming from Syria.
The new procedures stipulate that refugees demanding a temporary protection card should be housed in designated places pending a study of the social and security reasons behind their asylum.
Last month, the Directorate of Integration and Communication run by the Turkish migration authorities suspended applications for protection cards (kimlik) and visas in 15 provinces, including in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Antalya, Gaziantep and Urfa. Procedures for temporary and international protection cards along with visas were also halted in 781 neighborhoods.
Unofficial statistics indicate that 10,000 Palestinians from Syria have sought shelter in Turkey, where they have been facing dire socio-economic conditions and denied access to the local labor market.
Turkish embassies continue to prevent Palestinian refugees from Syria from obtaining visas. As a result, hundreds of Palestinians have embarked on life-threatening journeys via illegal immigration roads to reach Turkey, fleeing war-tattered Syria, among other war-stricken zones.
The Syrian-Turkish Joint Committee announced on Tuesday that the Turkish Immigration Department has started adopting new procedures in order to grant the temporary protection card (kimlik) to new refugees coming from Syria.
The new procedures stipulate that refugees demanding a temporary protection card should be housed in designated places pending a study of the social and security reasons behind their asylum.
Last month, the Directorate of Integration and Communication run by the Turkish migration authorities suspended applications for protection cards (kimlik) and visas in 15 provinces, including in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Antalya, Gaziantep and Urfa. Procedures for temporary and international protection cards along with visas were also halted in 781 neighborhoods.
Unofficial statistics indicate that 10,000 Palestinians from Syria have sought shelter in Turkey, where they have been facing dire socio-economic conditions and denied access to the local labor market.
Turkish embassies continue to prevent Palestinian refugees from Syria from obtaining visas. As a result, hundreds of Palestinians have embarked on life-threatening journeys via illegal immigration roads to reach Turkey, fleeing war-tattered Syria, among other war-stricken zones.
