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Turkey

Turkey


INFANT MORTALITY 33‰

LIFE EXPECTANCY 68.7

HDI 0.750; RANK 94/177

GDP/CAPITA ($) 4,710




Due to its strategic geographical position, its commercial influence and its proximity to the Greek coast, Turkey attracts migrants from North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The project, developed together with the Turkish association Tohav, looks at people disadvantaged by a political and legal system that steers them away from any possibility of regularisation, access to healthcare and appropriate treatment.


Access to healthcare and defending migrants’ rights.

Istanbul - Long term


ACTIVITIES

MdM provides medical and social aid to undocumented migrant populations living in the Kumpaki neighbourhood. The activities include listening, care, social support and referral to specialist services—the project combines provision of care in fixed locations with outreach activities in the areas where the migrants live.
In addition, advocacy work, based on field experience and case studies, calls for this group’s rights to be respected, at both the local and European levels.
MdM and Tohav are involved in encouraging the development of Turkish civil society and promoting human rights, which includes the right to health, for migrant populations.


OUTLOOK

MdM will use the advocacy action as a tool for change, both on an operational level (modification of current Turkish legislation and respecting rights) and on a political level (objective arguments on the impact of European immigration and asylum policies that condemn migrants to insecurity and discrimination).ers.

  Life expectancy : 72,2 yrs
IDH : 0.679; rang : 83/169 *

Population 
Beneficiaries : all the migrants concentrated in Kumkapi
district in Istanbul.

Target : internally displaced persons, migrants in transit trying to reach Europe via Greece.

Personnel

Local : 1

Expatriate : 0

Co-ordinators :
Programme : B. Granjon
Monitoring: PACA Regional Delegation

 Budget 2010 : €50,857

Funding : Bouches-du-Rhône departmental council


November 2011


* Source : unpd 2010