Establishing and sustaining a legal center for expertise in migration and asylum for protection seekers and for refugee law advocates that ultimately aim to empower and extend solidarity to refugees…

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration has awarded a $1,999,963.00 Cooperative Agreement to Refugee Solidarity Network Inc. under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.519). The award will support Refugee Solidarity Network Inc.'s efforts to establish and sustain a legal center providing expertise in migration and asylum law to protect seekers and refugee law advocates in Turkey. The goal is to empower and extend solidarity to refugees and vulnerable migrants in Turkey. Funded activities include providing legal services, access to justice programs, and community empowerment initiatives for Syrian, Iraqi, and other refugee populations, as well as internally displaced persons and returnees. The award period is from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024.

Establishing and sustaining a legal center for expertise in migration and asylum for protection seekers and for refugee law advocates that ultimately aim to empower and extend solidarity to refugees and vulnerable migrants in turkiye