Anadolu Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, cilt.25, sa.2, ss.1-18, 2024 (Hakemli Dergi)
Türkiye
has been hosting approximately 6 million migrants, according to the World
Migration Report published by the International Organization for Migration in
2022. To manage the migration flows, the EU has provided financial assistance
to Turkish civil society organizations working on the integration of migrants.
One of those organizations has been the Turkish Red Crescent. The migration
literature criticizes the externalization approach of the EU and the
instrumentalization approach of Türkiye in the 2000s. However, this paper
focuses on the good practices of those actors and argues that the EU-Turkish
Red Crescent collaboration has directly served the social integration of
refugees. The migration-related programs and activities of the Turkish Red
Crescent allow the religious and cultural similarities between the societies to
contribute positively to the integration. It is concluded in the paper that
collaborative actions among the regional actors, state, and civil society to
overcome problems between refugees and the host community and contribute to producing
a peaceful environment for social integration.
Keywords: Social Integration, Refugees, Turkish Red Crescent, European
Union, Türkiye