- DDG visit to Istanbul and meeting with the Minister
Ms. Ndiaye Ndioro attended symposium on "Migration and Women" - Signing of the 3 new projects to Combat Human Trafficking
Supporting TurkeyŐs efforts to combat human trafficking; 3 new projects - Antalya Agis Workshop
The fourth National Training Workshop of the AGIS 2006 was held in Antalya - Succesful outcomes of the fourth workshop on Technical Cooperation in Migration
The fourth workshop of Technical Cooperation in Migration was conductedin Ankara - Bar Association Training
Workshop on "Combating Human Trafficking and Legal Arrangements" - Refugee and migrant resettlement operation – latest developments and statistics
Total resettlement figuress of 2007
Ms. Ndiaye Ndioro attended symposium on "Migration and Women"
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Ms. Ndiaye with The Minister of Turkey |
Supporting Turkey's efforts to combat human trafficking; 3 new projects
The overall objective of 2 years project "Supporting Turkey's efforts to combat human trafficking and promote access to justice for all trafficked persons" financed by the European Union is to provide support to Turkish institutions in their fight against human trafficking and protection of victims in line with EU council directives and harmonization with the EU Acquis. The specific objective is to increase identification and protection of victims of trafficking in Turkey and initiate prosecution of human trafficking crimes in Turkey. The final beneficiaries of the project are Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Turkey and the trafficked persons. Project will be implementing in 6 components. A baseline survey to analyze the demand side of the crime of human trafficking will be conducted. A training module based on the survey will be produced and disseminated to universities throughout the country. Based on the results of the survey and a pre-assessment, two Informational Campaigns - one national and one multinational - will be conducted to raise awareness and to address consequence and root causes such as the demand that induces trafficking for different forms of exploitation. While campaigns will focus on raising awareness and informing national and international community on the achievements of the Republic of Turkey, two study visits; one to an EU destination and one to a source country, will be organized for NGO partners. In total 115 participants who will be selected by the relevant departments of MOI and MoJ will take part in an interdisciplinary study visit preferably to Italy, UK, Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia in order to study the EU best practices and expand the cross border cooperation and networking. The project also aiming to increased identification and strengthening the investigation and prosecution of traffickers through different activities for Law Enforcement officials. IOM started the implementation of a 24 months, 283,610 Euro project funded by Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) The aim of the project "Combating Trafficking in Human Beings through Legal Assistance to Trafficked Persons and Enhanced Judicial Cooperation" is to increase the prosecution of traffickers in Turkey and in the BSEC region as well as ensure human rights of trafficked person are upheld through a full access to justice. The project will fund a comprehensive capacity building activity in the field of legal assistance for trafficked persons in Turkey as well as in selected countries of the Black Sea region. This will be carried out through: awareness-raising on human trafficking for the legal community through organized workshops and panels within the Internship Lawyer Program by including the revised Turkish Penal Code and the Code of Penal Procedures for newly graduated lawyers in the curricula; establishing and training a core-group of legal experts on Counter-Trafficking, to provide legal assistance to Trafficked Persons and cooperation and the promotion of mutual legal assistance within the Black Sea Bar Associations. The main beneficiaries of the project are barristers from Turkey and Black Sea Bar Associations as well as potential and identified trafficked persons. The third project "Expanding and consolidating identification through enhanced integration of law enforcement and NGO efforts" funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) is following up the current project of "Combating Trafficking: Turkey, Local Action and Direct Assistance" funded by Norwegian Government and SIDA. The purpose of the new phase is to contribute to the implementation of the National Action Plan and support overall coordination of counter trafficking efforts in Turkey. The project has two primary objectives: 1) support capacity building in local NGOs at the provincial level and thus creates local conditions for safe accommodation of potential trafficked persons pending their identification; 2) support the integration of law enforcement and rehabilitation efforts through a follow up of identified cases once they have returned to their home countries.
The fourth National Training Workshop of the AGIS 2006 was held in Antalya
The fourth National Training Workshop of the AGIS 2006 "Operational Networking, Cooperation and Joint Multidisciplinary Training Process for Judicial, Law Enforcement, NGO and International Organization Specialists in Fighting Trafficking in Human Beings" project was held in Antalya from 6th to 8th November 2007. It was organized by IOM Ankara in coordination with MRF Brussels and conducted by the Turkish National Team. The event gathered a multi-disciplinary audience of 23 local practitioners from the law enforcement, criminal justice system and non-governmental sectors active in the counter-trafficking field. The Turkish National Team facilitated the training sections while Italian, Bulgarian and Hungarian National teams were also presenting CT efforts in their countries and sharing their experience from the previous trainings. The overall goal of this fourth workshop in Antalya was to strengthen operational networking, cooperation through joint multidisciplinary training process for judicial, law enforcement, NGO and international organization specialists in combating trafficking in human beings, and on the other hand the specific objective was to enhance the professional and operational capacities of main actors with a special focus on identification and protection of trafficked persons. Moreover, the project publication Guides on Best Practices was shared with the local specialized participants in order to adopt it into the national context.
The fourth workshop of Technical Cooperation in Migration was conductedin Ankara
The fourth workshop of Technical Cooperation in Migration (TCM) Project which focused on 'Irregular Migration and Human Trafficking' was conducted in Ankara on 29-30 November 2007. The seminar was very fruitful with productive discussions and recommendations and highly interactive participation by all the participants. The international consultants, Pier Rossi Longhi from IOM Vienna and Tamara Keating from IOM Brussels facilitated discussed and shared best practices from other regions. Further to this The next workshop on 'Data Management and Migration Statistics' is envisage with the valuable participations of the ministries and experts from the field, on 17-18 January 2008. Preparation for the second phase of the Technical Cooperation in Migration Project is underway, in coordination with Ministry of Interior, Department of Foreigners, Border and Asylum. A project proposal will be submitted to UK Embassy in January 2008. The current project will be completed at the end of the February 2008 after a final seminar that will discuss an overall strategy for alignment with the EU Acquis.
Workshop on "Combating Human Trafficking and Legal Arrangements"
IOM Ankara organized a workshop on "Combating Human Trafficking and Legal Arrangements" targeting lawyers from the Turkish Bar Association The workshop was held on 10-11 of November. The activity falls within the context of the project "Combating Trafficking in Human beings in Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Province of Kosovo (Serbia), Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey; Local Action and Direct Assistance to Victims of Trafficking" funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). 25 lawyers from 11 provinces of Turkey including such hot spots as Istanbul, Antalya, Artvin, Izmir and Igdir and two NGO partners; Human Resource Development Foundation and Foundation for Women's Solidarity, main stakeholders from the General Directorate of Security participated in the event. The overall object was to raise awareness of the legal community on counter-trafficking in Turkey and exchange views on developing mechanism to provide sustainable legal assistance to trafficked persons. The workshop helped to lay the ground work for an upcoming project specifically devoted to foster legal assistance to trafficked individuals funded by the Netherlands MFA and Swedish SIDA.
Total resettlement figuress of 2007
IOM Turkey assisted the resettlement of 345 refugees to USA, 54 refugees to Canada, 6 refugees to Finland and 53 refugees to Australia for the last 3 months of the year. 81 refugees to US, 30 refugees to Canada and 33 refugees to Australia is already booked and waiting for departure date in January. In total, IOM Turkey has assisted 2870 cases in 2007.
