Published : 07-02-2016
The Palestinian embassy, Palestinian community and the Turkish Assembly for Solidarity with Palestine (Fidder) announced an official action to sort out the crisis of Palestinians from Syria and Iraq in Turkey. The procedure started by listing the names of Palestinians in Turkey to be provided to the Turkish government in order to settle their legal status.
The statement said: "the institutions will arrange its own measures to list all Palestinians using joint form with the Turkish side prepared for this purpose. The process of data collection will be based on the documents used to enter Turkey, no matter even if expired".
It is scheduled to start settling the status and granting the legal residences after the comprehensive census of Palestinians from Syria. It is expected to facilitate the integration into the local Turkish labour market and free movement across the country.
It is noteworthy that Turkish embassies still reject visas for Palestinians from Syria abroad.
According to AGPS report published in last August, the statistics of Palestinians from Syria in Turkey are estimated at (6000-8000) spread over Istanbul and other provinces in the mid and south of Turkey.
The Palestinian embassy, Palestinian community and the Turkish Assembly for Solidarity with Palestine (Fidder) announced an official action to sort out the crisis of Palestinians from Syria and Iraq in Turkey. The procedure started by listing the names of Palestinians in Turkey to be provided to the Turkish government in order to settle their legal status.
The statement said: "the institutions will arrange its own measures to list all Palestinians using joint form with the Turkish side prepared for this purpose. The process of data collection will be based on the documents used to enter Turkey, no matter even if expired".
It is scheduled to start settling the status and granting the legal residences after the comprehensive census of Palestinians from Syria. It is expected to facilitate the integration into the local Turkish labour market and free movement across the country.
It is noteworthy that Turkish embassies still reject visas for Palestinians from Syria abroad.
According to AGPS report published in last August, the statistics of Palestinians from Syria in Turkey are estimated at (6000-8000) spread over Istanbul and other provinces in the mid and south of Turkey.
