Türkiye

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.