Refugee Rights Turkey and long-time partner organization Dutch Council for Refugees (DCR) have inked a new cooperation protocol, which will see DCR continue to channel organizational expertise and funding support to help strengthen RRT’s administrative capabilities and sustainability measures.

The DCR – a leading European refugee assistance and advocacy NGO, seeks to contribute to efforts aiming to build a fully functional national asylum system in Turkey. With that strategic commitment in mind, the DCR has been a strong supporter of RRT’s work from the beginning of RRT’s operational launch in March 2015. In addition to contributing expertise and co-funding support to RRT’s currently ongoing comprehensive legal aid and capacity-building project in partnership with American partner organization Refugee Solidarity Network (RSN), the DCR has also offered technical consultancy and core financial support to RRT activities in the framework of a previous bilateral cooperation framework in 2015/2016. The DCR and RRT also cooperate at European level, as member organizations of ECRE, and work together to promote increased solidarity from EU member states in helping Turkey cope with the current massive refugee influx from neighboring Syria.