
Türkiye
middle east & north africa
Advocacy for Türkiye
What is Happening?
Türkiye hosts the world’s largest refugee population, with over 3.6 million Syrian refugees and 400,000 refugees from other countries. While Türkiye has provided critical refuge, many asylum seekers face widespread human rights abuses, including arbitrary detention, deportation, and physical and sexual violence. Meanwhile, the fall of the Assad government has led to the return of some Syrian refugees from Türkiye, but conditions in Syria remain unsafe for large-scale returns. Despite this, Türkiye maintains pressure on Syrian refugees, forcibly returning many to areas under its control in northern Syria, where humanitarian conditions are dire.
What Must Be Done?
Refugees International is advocating for the rights of refugees in Türkiye, including protection from forced return, as well as for enhanced cross-border humanitarian aid from Türkiye into northwest Syria.
Latest Reports and Briefs

Collapsed Buildings, Crushing Politics: Refugees International Calls for Immediate Humanitarian Pause and Unfettered Aid Access in Northwest Syria
February 9, 2023

Displacement and Despair: The Turkish Invasion of Northeast Syria
November 12, 2019

Insecure Future: Deportations and Lack of Legal Work for Refugees in Turkey
September 19, 2019
Latest Statements and News
U.S. Travel Ban Is Inhumane and Discriminatory
June 5, 2025
Refugees International Calls on Congress to Reject Rescissions Package
June 4, 2025
Refugees International Condemns SCOTUS Rulings That Strip Hundreds of Thousands of People of Humanitarian Status, Exposing Them to Detention and Deportation to Danger
May 30, 2025