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Governor: 1.3 million foreigners reside in İstanbul

Governor: 1.3 million foreigners reside in İstanbul

Some 500,000 of the foreigners legally residing in İstanbul are refugees from Syria under "temporary protection," according to the statement.

'Deportation of 39 refugees from Afghanistan should be immediately stopped'

DİYARBAKIR BAR ASSOCIATION

'Deportation of 39 refugees from Afghanistan should be immediately stopped'

Thirty-nine people, including 15 children, who were deported and re-entered the country, face deportation again. Diyarbakır Bar says some of them have marks of torture on their bodies.

30 September 2021

Bodies of six refugees found after boat sank in Lake Van near Turkey's Iran border

Bodies of six refugees found after boat sank in Lake Van near Turkey's Iran border

The boat is believed to be carrying as many as 60 people, the Interior Minister has said.

"Borders are the Actual Problem"

IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY NETWORK

"Borders are the Actual Problem"

The Immigrant Solidarity Network and international non-governmental organizations went to the immigration centre in Edirne after the four-day "Transborder Conference" to demand "the right to free movement and a world without borders".

21 March 2012 Ekin Karaca

EU Turns down Fence between Greece and Turkey

TURKISH-GREEK BORDER

EU Turns down Fence between Greece and Turkey

The EU declined Greece's plan to erect a fence on the border to Turkey saying it was "unnecessary and too expensive". Assoc. Prof Danış told bianet that a fence was not the solution to the reasons of immigration. In her opinion, Greece wanted to give a message with this project.

14 February 2012 Işıl Cinmen