Turkey: Labour Market Integration and Social Inclusion of Refugees

This Policy Department A of DG Internal Policies of the European Parliamwnt note produced at request of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee provides a review of integration policies at the national level in Turkey. It identifies the challenges and opportunities that both immigrants and local communities face. Various aspects of the Labour Market Integration and Social Inclusion of Refugees are elaborated by the presentation of legal framework and practices from Turkey.

The note depicts that Turkey has taken significant steps on the regulations which aim to create an attractive economic environment and to facilitate the application process of work permissions for foreigners as part of integration policies. Furthermore, social integration policies are rather weak and started to develop since the recent immigration flow from Syria. Even though there have been improvements in the integration policies, policy makers should focus on the implementation of more stable and long term policies and practices.

• Primary Source

European Parliament: Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union: Publications available via the EU Bookshop http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/directorate-general-for-internal-policies-of-the-union-cbf.cKABstF7wAAAEjwYYY4e5K/

ESO: Background information: Turkey’s Refugee Crisis: The Politics of Permanence http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkeys-refugee-crisis-the-politics-of-permanence/

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, December 2016: Turkey: Labour Market Integration and Social Inclusion of Refugees http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/595328/IPOL_STU(2016)595328_EN.pdf

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