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New research was released by International Organization for Migration. The research summarises how international law protects migrant children. It focuses on the protection given to children by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is also applicable to nonnationals.

Two Examples on Role of NGOs Related to Border Monitoring

Text Compiled by Cansu Akbaş

I. Example of Eastern Europe

Project respects the liabilities of Ukraine, Belarus and Moldavia related to rights of refugees arising from human rights law and on the other hand exerts pressure upon these countries to adequately perform border monitoring.

For years, asylum policy of Turkey is regulated by administrative acts instead of legislative measures. This situation has remained the same either with the adoption of Settlement Act or with the ratification of the 1951 Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees. As a result of all these, Turkey lacked consistent practice on refugee movements and an integral Refugee Act. In the process of accession to European Union, it is observed that Turkey started to change its former asylum policy and tries to develop a new consistent asylum policy as well as an integral act. In the light of the important circumstances, Turkish asylum policy can be discussed in four periods:

Asylum seekers andrefugees who came to Turkey from countries outside Europe are excluded from social insurance coverage which forms the most important part of social security system. Foreigners transiting to a third country whose asylum application was accepted by Turkey does not practically have the possibility to work. Asylum seekers who do not work legally and thus pay social insurance premiums remain excluded from social insurance coverage.

It is commonly required that every detail about refugees is known and their every move is monitored. It is prerequisite that they will inform before they actually become sick so that the directorate of security gives him the permission to visit the hospital.