"Türkiye’s Migration Experience and Policy Orientations: Integrating Syrians in Higher Education". Studia Europejskie – Studies in European Affairs, 3/2022, pp. 175-193. DOI: 10.33067/SE.3.2022.8
Turkey has a multidimensional
migration experience in the past and present that led to the formation of a
dynamic migration policy to govern such a dynamic process. Turkey’s migration policy
has been informed and shaped by its geopolitical location as migrant receiving,
labor migrant sending and migrant transit country. Today, Turkey hosts the
largest number of migrants and refugees in the World with a far reaching
social, political and economic impact in the country. This article aims to shed
light on multidimensional migration experience of Turkey and analyze its
migration policies to govern manifold challenges brought about by the presence
of almost 6 million foreigners in the country. It is argued in this
article that integration of migrants in general and of Syrians in particular
remain a major challenge for Turkey. Therefore, this article recommends that
Turkish decision makers should make short and long term plans for the integration
of Syrians as the current conditions indicate that it is unlikely that Syrians
will return in masses anytime soon although the Turkish government initiated a
number of projects in parts of Northern Syria for the safe and voluntary return
Syrians. One important area of integration in this context is the higher
education which would enable Syrians to have access to employment and social
mobility that would benefit both Turkey and Syrians.
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