Turkey’s Policy on Employment of Syrian Refugees and its Impact on the Turkish Labour Market
Turkey’s Policy on Employment of Syrian Refugees and its Impact on the Turkish Labour Market

Author(s): Cihan Kızıl
Subject(s): Politics, Geography, Regional studies, Labor relations, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, Present Times (2010 - today), Migration Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Turkey; migration; Syrian refugees; employment policy; labor market;
Summary/Abstract: The war in Syria is one of the worst humanitarian crisis of our time, with millions of people forced into refugee status in neighbouring countries. In addition, at least 470,000 Syrians have died in this conflict and Syria has lost 29.8 per cent of its HDI value in 2015 compared to 2010 (SCPR, 2016, p.17). As the immediate neighbour, Turkey has responded to this humanitarian crisis, declaring a temporary protection regime for Syrian asylum-seekers and setting up 26 camps where 267,000 people are currently staying. The country already struggles to cope with nearly 3 million Syrian refugees, and this number may rise further following the agreement to stop Syrian refugees from flooding into the EU.

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