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ANALYZING THE SITUATION AND DESIGNING THE APPROACH POLICY OPTION: REGISTER ALL ARRIVALS AND COLLECT INFORMATION ON SKILLSETS AND NEEDS
Case study: Updating Turkey’s data Registration of refugees (including newborn babies) is an essential first step often impacting access to services and protection. For host countries, it is necessary to know the scope and skill levels of people hosted and specific needs to tailor responses and policies accordingly and include a development focus. Recognizing this need, the Directorate-General of Migration Management (DGMM) of Turkey, in cooperation with UNHCR and a Turkish NGO (ASAM), undertook a major registration upgrading exercise with the objective of updating all the data (personal and biometric) they have on registered Syrians in a new database.
Due to the mass arrivals of Syrians in previous years, Turkey was unable to collect comprehensive data during the initial refugee registration process. Based on this upgrading exercise, 3.5 million Syrians have now been registered with their personal and biometric (fingerprints) data in the system. Over 100 lines of detail have been collected, covering age, gender, education, skillset, profession, qualifications, place and regions of origin and special needs.
The focus has been on collecting information on vulnerable groups and those with special needs (particularly as this has implications for social aid), but also on understanding the skillsets of Syrians in the country.
The database is interoperable with all Turkish ministries of relevance. Ministries can then cater their responses at the national and provincial level, based on the information available. Moreover, information is cross-checked and shared across ministries, facilitating communication and information-sharing. Based on this, the government of Turkey aims at being better able to cater responses to those with special needs, while simultaneously better understanding what skills and educational profiles could benefit Turkey, and how to best support the integration ‘harmonization’ process.
Practical application:
• Register refugees’ information for protection and integration purposes (either upon arrival or as an updating exercise) to include data on needs as well as skills.
• Make refugees’ basic information centrally accessible and related databases interoperable with relevant authorities and stakeholders, in line with data protection principles.
DURABLE SOLUTIONS
Voluntary return, resettlement and local integration are considered the three main durable solutions for refugees and serve as the overarching framework for UNHCR response to refugees; particularly those in protracted situations. While the ICMPD report focuses on local integration-related aspects, it also emphasizes that these efforts are only possible when supported in conjunction with the other durable solutions.
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