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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

In addition to unaccompanied children, children whose families are found in our
country but who are neglected and exploited and children who are not taken care of by
their families are taken under protection in the subsidiaries of the Ministry of Family
and Social Policy. These children benefit from the Children’s Support Centers as well
as other organizations of the Ministry that provide services to children.

In order to determine the children who are worked / begged on the streets and to
make them benefit from the appropriate social services and assistance, a commission
has been established under the presidency of the Governors of all provinces or the
Deputy Governors to be appointed and in the secretariat of Family and Social Policies
Provincial Directorate, with the participation the representatives of the relevant public
institutions and organizations and the universities and the representatives of non-
governmental organizations serving this area. In the follow up and supervision studies
of this commission, field surveys are carried out by the teams formed by representatives
of the relevant institutions in areas where children are intensely worked / begged. It is
ensured that children and families who are found working / begged in the streets due
to economic deprivation are supported with social assistance.

Families which force their children to work / beg in the streets or the families who
insist on begging in the streets despite social support and awareness raising activities,
Düziçi Temporary Accommodation Center has been established in Osmaniye by
AFAD (Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Authority) with
a capacity of 5.000 people, which has been allocated to the General Directorate of
Migration Management. In this scope, the detected Syrian children who are forced
to bed or the families who are exploitating their children are informed to Provincial
Migration Management Directorate to be directed to Osmaniye Düziçi Temporary
Accommodation Center to be provided from the accommodation, nutrition, health and
education services and from the psychosocial support services.

In addition to unaccompanied children, children whose families are found in our
country but who are neglected and exploited and children who are not taken care of by
their families are taken under protection in the subsidiaries of the Ministry of Family
and Social Policy. These children benefit from the Children’s Support Centers as well
as other organizations of the Ministry that provide services to children.

In order to identify the children who are made to worked or beg on the streets and
to provide them access to the appropriate social services and aid, a commission has
been established under the authority of the provincial governors or deputy governors
and the Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Policy, with the participation of

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