TÜRKİYE’DEKİ MÜLTECİLERİN SOSYAL ENTEGRASYONU: TÜRK KIZILAY VE AB ARASINDA BİR İŞ BİRLİĞİ ALANI

Year 2024, Volume: 25 Issue: 3, 96 - 114, 29.09.2024

Zühal Ünalp Çepel

https://doi.org/10.53443/anadoluibfd.1391756

Abstract

2022 yılında Uluslararası Göç Örgütü tarafından yayınlanan Dünya Göç Raporu’na göre Türkiye yaklaşık 6 milyon göçmene ev sahipliği yapmaktadır. Göç akınlarını yönetebilmek amacıyla AB, Türkiye’de göçmenlerin sosyal entegrasyonu üzerine çalışan sivil toplum örgütlerine yönelik olarak finansal destek sağlamaktadır. Bu örgütlerden biri de Türk Kızılay’dır. Göç yazını 2000’li yıllarda AB’nin göçü dışsallaştırdığı ve Türkiye’nin göçü araçsallaştırdığı yönünde eleştirilerde bulunmaktadır. Fakat bu çalışmada söz konusu aktörlerin iyi uygulamaları değerlendirmeye alınmış, AB-Türk Kızılay iş birliğinin mültecilerin sosyal entegrasyonuna doğrudan katkı sağladığı ifade edilmiştir. Türk Kızılay’ın göç ile ilgili program ve aktiviteleri toplumlar arasındaki dini ve kültürel benzerliklerin entegrasyona olumlu katkı sağlamasını beraberinde getirmiştir. Çalışmada bölgesel aktörler, devlet ve sivil toplumun ortak hareket etmesinin mülteciler ve ev sahibi toplum arasındaki problemlerin aşılmasına ve sosyal entegrasyon için barışçıl bir ortamın sağlanmasına katkı sağladığı sonucuna varılmıştır.

Keywords

Sosyal Entegrasyon, Mülteciler, Türk Kızılay, Avrupa Birliği, Türkiye.

SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF REFUGEES IN TÜRKİYE: A FIELD OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN TURKISH RED CRESCENT AND THE EU

Abstract

Türkiye has been hosting approximately 6 million migrants, according to the World Migration Report published by the International Organization for Migration in 2022. To manage the migration flows, the EU has provided financial assistance to Turkish civil society organizations working on the integration of migrants. One of those organizations has been the Turkish Red Crescent. The migration literature criticizes the externalization approach of the EU and the instrumentalization approach of Türkiye in the 2000s. However, this paper focuses on the good practices of those actors and argues that the EU-Turkish Red Crescent collaboration has directly served the social integration of refugees. The migration-related programs and activities of the Turkish Red Crescent allow the religious and cultural similarities between the societies to contribute positively to the integration. It is concluded in the paper that collaborative actions among the regional actors, state, and civil society to overcome problems between refugees and the host community and contribute to producing a peaceful environment for social integration.

Keywords

Social Integration, Refugees, Turkish Red Crescent, European Union, Türkiye.

Ethical Statement

The earlier version of this paper was presented by the author for the International Conference Religion and Welfare in the European Borderlands from the late 19th century to the Present, which was organized by the ERC SOCIOBORD and COST Action 18119 Who Cares in Europe?, on 12-13 December 2022.

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