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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

training was provided to the personnel of the Turkish Red Crescent who will serve at
the repatriation centers and other activities were carried out.

Meeting the Subsistence Needs of Irregular Migrants: Migrants who were sent back
from Lesbos, Chios, and Kos Islands, or were caught by security forces while trying
to reach European countries, were brought to the ports of Çeşme, Güllük, Milas and
Dikili within the scope of the readmission agreement signed with the European Union.
In order to meet the subsistence needs of these migrants, the Disaster Management
Directorate of the Aegean Region assigned personnel with the coordination of the
Directorate of Migration and Refugees Services. As of June 2017, two meals per day
were distributed to meet the needs of a total of 3,023 migrants and the civil servants
assigned to handle the transfer process.

Voluntary Repatriation: The Turkish Red Crescent has also been assigned to work
on voluntary repatriation in addition to its other institutional tasks by the Ministry
of Interior’s directive on the “Acceptance and Hosting of Persons who are Syrian Arab
Republic Citizens and Stateless Persons who reside in the Syrian Arab Republic and
Come to Türkiye for Asylum” dated March 30, 2012. Within this context, general service
managers were assigned at the Turkish Red Crescent Branch Directorate. As of June
2017, 3,205 voluntary repatriation forms were signed by these staff.

Aid to non-Syrian Foreigners: Approximately 250,000 foreigners, especially
Meskhetian Turks, Iraqis, Iranians, and Afghans, were assisted with food and other
material aid in accordance with their needs as determined by the Red Crescent or by
the directives of the Turkish Red Crescent Branch Offices and Regional Directorates
of Disaster Management.

Red Cross-Red Crescent Mobility Partnership Program: The program was established
on March 25, 2016 in order to establish and manage the cooperation provided by the
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) affiliated
with the National Associations and the International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC), under the supervision of the Directorate of Turkish Red Crescent Migration
and Refugee Services. Current projects under the Red Cross-Red Crescent Mobility
Partnership Program are the Community Center Project, the Ankara Child Protection
Center, the Restoration of Family Ties, and the Ulucanlar Public Soup Kitchen Project.

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