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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

The legislation requires for the Board to convene at least once a year. The Migration
Policies Board convened for the first time on February 15, 2017 and held its fourth
and last meeting on December 28, 2017. This board has a significant role in terms of
developing integrated policies.

Every day that is now lost, especially in the fields of education, health, placement, labor,
and safety of children, has the potential to create problems for years to come, and it is
essential to form a strategy to cover all institutions
B. Improvement of the Coordination of Migration and International Protection,
Physical Infrastructure, and Staff Capacity

It is observed that the most frequently expressed problem of the institutions working in
refugee centers or in the field is the lack of strategic decisions and the resulting lack of
coordination. The lack of coordination can appear among different public institutions
as well as between a specific institution’s own central and provincial organizations.

Similar to the activities and services carried out by the public institutions and organizations,
the coordination among local administrations and non-governmental organizations
towards Syrians is very important; however, these institutions and organizations, which
are generally independent from each other, do not have a common strategy and are
often unaware of each other’s activities or secondary legislative arrangements. There
may be differences in practice, even between provincial organizations affiliated with the
same administration. It is also not possible to coordinate with all Syrians in the planning
of aid made by central public institutions, local governments, or non-governmental
organizations. As a matter of fact, one Syrian can receive the same kind of aid more
than once while another Syrian has never been able to benefit from this aid.

Accordingly, it is clear that the coordination between all relevant institutions and
organizations should be increased.

For this purpose, within the context of the tasks of immigration due to the duties of
Directorate General of Migration Management as established in Articles 103 and 104
of Law No. 6458, it is important to establish the communication, coordination, and
cooperation among the agencies working in the field of migration by helping to identify
problematic areas and to assist in programing and development of the activities of public
institutions and organizations. Also, among the duties of the Migration Policy Board
enumerated in Law No. 6458 is:

“...making decisions to ensure coordination between public institutions and
organizations serving in the field of migration.” It is very important that the

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