How do local actors interpret, enact and contest policy? An analysis of local government responses to meeting the needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey

Lowndes, Vivien; Polat, Rabia Karakaya

doi:10.1080/03003930.2020.1825386

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“…Türkiye is governed through a centralized structure, and migration policies are implemented in a top-down manner (Danış and Sert, 2019; Lowndes and Karakaya Polat, 2022). The Turkish state agenda is highly security-driven: This has affected its approach to migration policies since the 1934 Settlement Law and its continuing use of geographical limitation to the Geneva Convention (Eroğlu, 2015: 210).…”

Section: Türkiye’s Migration Policies and “Migration Governance”mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ambiguity and migration governance in the satellite city of Duzce, Türkiye

Yüksel

2023

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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Türkiye has adopted regulations to manage migration and refugee flows requiring the cooperation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) since the early 2000s. Even though the basic rights of refugees, such as health and access to educational aid, are defined by regulations, there are barriers that cause discrimination by the authorities of the institutions providing these rights and services, despite the fact that refugees are registered to access these rights. Due to these barriers, which are caused by the lack of standardized procedures, local institutions also tend to put national security first before providing the services refugees need. Based on in-depth interviews with 39 key informants—including refugees, public employees and NGO workers, this paper examines how national migration policy is reflected in local practices, using Duzce city as the example. The paper also shows how refugees develop their own survival strategies through informal mechanisms in response to this situation.

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Section: Türkiye’s Migration Policies and “Migration Governance”mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This approach has led to serious policy concerns over migration management in general. There have been significant efforts to reform policy at the national level, but it has been argued that migration flows cannot be managed solely through central policies (Aksel and Bos ¸nak, 2022;Genç, 2018;Lowndes and Karakaya Polat, 2022).…”

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Ambiguity and migration governance in the satellite city of Duzce, Türkiye

Yüksel

2023

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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“…This turn is deepened by neoliberal forms of governmentality, and the Sustainable Development Goals defined by the United Nations (UN) in 2016 and the EU's efforts to engage with local governments in the migration control field (Kutz and Wolff 2020). Local actors act as service providers and creators of local discourses and interpreters of central or international discourses on the ground (Lowndes and Polat 2020). While the local level has been referred to in the discussion of migrant integration (Dekker et al 2015), it has also been posited in explaining reception (Oliver et al 2020) and protection through controlling access to asylum (Artero and Fontanari 2021).…”

Section: Multilevel Governance Local Turn and Subsidiaritymentioning

confidence: 99%

The local turn in migrant practices in Turkey: Syrians in Bursa

Kaya¹

2023

Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe

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Turkey has been exposed to the entry of thousands of Syrian refugees since April 2011. On 3 March 2022 there were 3,747,734 Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey. 2 Syrians lack permanent legal residence status and political or citizenship rights, and most have only insecure irregular employment. Temporary protection regulation 3 blocks Syrians' path to citizenship and access to individual international protection. The Turkish government therefore grants citizenship to Syrians under temporary protection through 'exceptional citizenship'. Some Syrians are naturalized under the article of exceptional citizenship of the Turkish Citizenship Law introduced in 2009. According to Article 12 (exceptions in acquiring Turkish citizenship) of this Law (Law No. 5901) 'those persons who bring into Turkey industrial facilities or have rendered or are believed to render an outstanding service in the social or economic arena or in the fields of science, technology, sports, culture or arts' can acquire citizenship. 4 Since 31 January 2021 Turkey has issued citizenship to around 193,000 Syrians. 5 Syrians are also gradually becoming the targets of increasing hostility from the majority society in Turkey, because socio-political polarization has become widespread since the failed military coup in July 2016. Another essential source of growing hostility to Syrians in Turkey is the deepening of the economic crisis, which makes scapegoats of refugees, who are blamed for high unemployment and rising prices. Yet Turkey is not just a stop on the way to Europe for many Syrian refugees but is instead a place where many wish to stay if conditions allow (Kaya and Kiraç 2016; Rottmann and Kaya 2020).Despite its shortcomings in the economic and political integration of migrants and its anti-discrimination laws, Turkey has recently performed relatively well in other areas of the integration of Syrian migrants under temporary protection. The 2020 MIPEX (Migration Integration Policy Index) results demonstrate that Turkey performed well between 2015 and 2020 in the inte-

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“…Suriyelilerin Türkiye'deki bulunma süreleri uzadıkça ve neredeyse kalıcıya yakın bir hal aldıkça, ülkeye sosyal açıdan uyumlarının sağlanması zorunlu hale gelmiştir. Bu yönde çaba harcanmasını gerekli kılan hususlardan biri de ülkedeki Suriyelilerin ülkenin her yanına yayılmış bir vaziyette yaşamlarına devam etmeleri olmuştur (Lowndes ve Polat, 2020).…”

Section: Türkiye'deki Mülteciler İçin Mali Yardım Aracının Uygulama ...unclassified

Turkey-European Union Migration Cooperation: Facility For Refugees In Turkey As An Example Of Migration Externalisation

Erdoğan

2022

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Europe, including the countries having the most generous welfare regimes in the world, has emerged as a primary destination for the millions of people fleeing their homes after the multiple crisis and conflicts in the neighbourhood regions. The unprecedented migration pressure has forced Europe to develop alternative methods to ensure a better management of the migration by 2015. Some of the measures in this vein were taken jointly by the states at the European Union (EU) level. Among the many steps taken at the EU level, externalisation mechanism, aiming to share migration burden with the third countries, also existed. Turkey, cooperating with the EU on matters regarding migration for a long time as a candidate country for the EU membership, has been also added to the externalisation efforts of the Union as a third country. Facility for the Refugees in Turkey has become one of main pillars of the externalisation relation formally established in 2016 between the parties. After presenting the migration externalisation mechanism conceptually, the study presents the EU-Turkey migration cooperation and the Facility for the Refugees in Turkey consecutively. In addition to the review of the literature on the subject, the study is based on the analysis of the official documents, reports and evaluations produced by the EU institutions on European Facility for the Refugees in Turkey and the cooperation with Turkey on migration, and the news on the subject in periodicals.

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How do local actors interpret, enact and contest policy? An analysis of local government responses to meeting the needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey

Abstract: How do local actors interpret, enact and contest policy? An analysis of local government responses to meeting the needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey

Cited by 20 publications

References 30 publications

Ambiguity and migration governance in the satellite city of Duzce, Türkiye

Ambiguity and migration governance in the satellite city of Duzce, Türkiye

The local turn in migrant practices in Turkey: Syrians in Bursa

Turkey-European Union Migration Cooperation: Facility For Refugees In Turkey As An Example Of Migration Externalisation

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