Mid-Week Brief Vol 20
Hello from Ankara,
Here's your mid-week brief covering this week's migration-related developments and stories in and around Turkey. (vol. 20)
By Y. Emre Küçükkaya; PhD Candidate in International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
"There is no decree on this subject. And, in my opinion, such a decree would violate the constitution… Areas are being returned to the Syrian army, which represents the Syrian government, which is responsible for its citizens,"
The Law Nr 10 has been published on Damscus's government-run news agency Sana's website in Arabic but it has no English translation.
By Y. Emre Küçükkaya; PhD Candidate in International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
Damascus's Absentee Property Law: Al Jazeera and Washington Post report that Damascus released a decree last month (known as Law Number 10) which requires land owners to register their properties until May 10 or they would risk confiscation (as we briefly mentioned in our previous brief).
However, Sputnik notes that the Secretary of the Syrian People's Council Khaled Abboud denies these allegations:
However, Sputnik notes that the Secretary of the Syrian People's Council Khaled Abboud denies these allegations:
"There is no decree on this subject. And, in my opinion, such a decree would violate the constitution… Areas are being returned to the Syrian army, which represents the Syrian government, which is responsible for its citizens,"
The Law Nr 10 has been published on Damscus's government-run news agency Sana's website in Arabic but it has no English translation.
Attempted Crossings in the Mediterranean: The UNHCR says there have been around 24,000 (illegal) sea arrivals from sea to European shores so far in 2018. 609 people have either died or been missing according to their estimates. The figures turn out to be lower than previous years, as the diagram shows. The report also notes that nearly 18 per cent of these arrivals are Syrians.
NOTEWORTHY
-[Hürriyet Daily]: IGAM's Metin Corabatir says 'Syrian children’s enrollment in secondary education is still low'
-[Daily Sabah]: Textile jobs to empower Syrian refugees (as part of a project developed by the ILO)
-[World Vision]: Forced to flee: How many refugees in the world?
-[Deutsche Welle]: German Cabinet approves new refugee family reunification law
-[Hürriyet Daily]: IGAM's Metin Corabatir says 'Syrian children’s enrollment in secondary education is still low'
-[Daily Sabah]: Textile jobs to empower Syrian refugees (as part of a project developed by the ILO)
-[World Vision]: Forced to flee: How many refugees in the world?
-[Deutsche Welle]: German Cabinet approves new refugee family reunification law
-[BMS Haber]: Türkiye'de Göç Çalışmaları, Emre Küçükkaya (Commentary in Turkish)
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This briefing has been brought to you by AIMS Turkey (the Ankara Initiative for Migration Studies). AIMS Turkey is a non-partisan research project which intends to probe the refugee crisis in Turkey with innovative and efficient research methods and thereby support practitioners and academics who deal with the issue.
What else would you like to see in the briefings? Give us a thought. And feel free to reach us if you have any ideas and suggestions that would strengthen our research activities, enhance our visibility and generate more awareness. Or let us know if you would not like to receive the briefs.
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