EU FACILITY FOR REFUGEES IN TURKIYE: HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIONS

Abstract

Since 2011, Turkiye officially hosts around four million refugees. On March 18 2016, the European Council and Turkiye signed the European Union (EU)-Turkiye Statement aimed at stemming the influx of irregular migration via Turkiye to the EU. The aim of the study is to examine the financial support program developed within the scope of the EU-Turkiye Statement, which focuses on managing irregular migration and financial aid. The Facility for Refugees, a main component of the EU-Turkiye Statement, consists of an EU budget of €3 billion and EU Member States contributions of €3 billion. More than 100 projects have been implemented in Turkiye with the funds provided under the Facility. In the study, financial aid will be evaluated in terms of humanitarian and development actions.