Turkey’s Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Road Ahead
Turkey now hosts the largest refugee population in the world. The Government of Turkey (GoT) estimates the total number of registered Syrians under Temporary Protection (SuTPs) at 2,225,147. The objective of this policy brief is to collate existing...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25703870/turkey’s-response-syrian-refugee-crisis-road-ahead http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23548 |
| Summary: | Turkey now hosts the largest refugee
population in the world. The Government of Turkey (GoT)
estimates the total number of registered Syrians under
Temporary Protection (SuTPs) at 2,225,147. The objective of
this policy brief is to collate existing publically
available material on the situation of SuTPs in Turkey and
to summarize: (i) the strategy and principles of Turkey’s
unique response to its displacement crisis; (ii) the
challenges in managing the socioeconomic dimensions of
displacement; and (iii) remaining critical policy issues and
the road ahead for Turkey, as well as implications for other
countries’ refugee response efforts. |
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