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On the morning of February 6th, a destructive earthquake hit south-eastern Türkiye and neigboring northern Syria. The earthquake directly affected 10 provinces in Türkiye. After the earthquake, the government declared a state of emergency in Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Malatya, Diyarbakır, Kilis, Şanlıurfa, Adıyaman, Hatay, Osmaniye, and Adana. This horrific disaster caused tremendous destruction and immense suffering. As of today, the earthquake has claimed over 35,000 lives and injured

On February 6, 2023, two devastating earthquake disasters occurred in Kahramanmaraş. After the destruction, 20 thousand 665 people lost their lives in official data, 80 thousand 88 people were rescued from under the rubble. It was announced that 12 thousand 141 buildings and 66 thousand 58 independent sections were destroyed in the earthquake. After the earthquake, the government declared a state of emergency in these 10 provinces of Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Malatya, Diyarbakır, Kilis, Şanlıurf

IRRA Reporting Department Visited the United Nations’s Special Rapporteurs at GenevaInternational Refugee Rights Association [IRRA] participated in nine different meetings in Geneva between 14-18 November 2022 in cooperation with the Reporting & Research and the External Relations Departments.In the meetings; IRRA reports, analyzes and information notes were presented to UN representatives in print, the main legal problems faced by Syrians in Turkey and Turkey's situation in the harmon

Our joint report “Issues Related to Immigration Detention” was handeled at the 35th session by the United Nations. The International Refugee Rights Association published together with the Swiss-based organization Global Detention Project the report “Issues Related to Immigration Detention” about rights violations experienced in the Immigration Detention centers in Türkiye. Based on semi-structured interviews with lawyers in Istanbul the report was handled on the 19th

GREECE HAS AGREED TO ALLOW 39 MIGRANTS TO ENTER ITS TERRITORY AS A RESULT OF OUR ENTRY AND PUBLIC PRESSURE!In response to reports we received on August 9, 2022, after communication with people on the ground and our attempts, we found that 39 asylum seekers were trapped on an islet in Evros River. The details of the developments after our findings and the initiatives taken by our association are as follows:1. As a result of our multilateral discussions, we have learned that 39 refugees arrived i

CALL ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYWE CALL ON GREECE TO ACT AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSPORTING THE GRAVE OF THE 5-YEAR-OLD REFUGEE GIRL ON AN ISLET ON THE EVROS RIVER TO TURKEY UPON HER FAMILY'S REQUEST!On August 15, 2022, Greece sent 38 refugees who were stranded on an islet on the Evros River while trying to immigrate to Europe, to the Evros Reception and Identification Center in Fylakio city. One of these refugees on the migration route, a 5-year-old girl, died on the islet. Greek Minis

Conference of “At The Anniversary Of Hejira Forced Migration From Legal And Sociological Perspective” was followed by a huge audienceAs International Refugee Rights Association, we organised a conference under the auspices of Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs General Directorate of Immigration Management, Ministry of Internal Affairs's Directorate General for Relations with Civil Society, MÜSDAV and Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University. Conference title was “At The Anniversary Of Hejira Force

A fire tore through a Rohingya refugee camp in south-east Bangladesh on Sunday, destroying hundreds of shelters and forcing refugees to break through wire fencing to reach safety.“About 1,200 houses were burned in the fire,” said Kamran Hossain, a spokesperson for the Armed Police Battalion, which heads security in the camp.The fire started in camp 16 and raced through shelters made of bamboo and tarpaulin, leaving more than 5,000 people homeless, he told Agence France-Presse.The incident has re

hey beat us with an iron rod and left us at sea with our children, a migrant said, describing the violence by Greek elements upon being rescued by the Turkish coast guard.The Turkish coast guard received information that irregular migrants were in a lifeboat off the western province of Izmir’s Çeşme district and went to the area.The teams rescued 19 irregular migrants, including two children, 15 Palestinians and four Eritreans, at a distance of 2.1 nautical miles from the island of Chios and 1.9

French sports equipment giant Decathlon has stopped selling kayaks and other small boats in shops close to the Channel coast to prevent migrant crossings, the company said Wednesday.The move comes after a surge this month in the number of migrants making the perilous sea journey from France to Britain across some of the world's busiest shipping lanes.Decathlon said it was removing all dinghies and kayaks from its stores in Calais, Grande-Synthe, Boulogne-sur-Mer and Le Touquet. The towns include