Refugee Rights Turkey, in affiliation with partner organization Refugee Solidarity Network (RSN), launches a new project funded by US-based Tent Foundation, aiming to strenghen RRT’s ongoing efforts to assist unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Istanbul and beyond. The 12-month project enabled by the Tent Foundation grant will allow RRT to dedicate additional resources to currently ongoing Child Protection Program activities that extend legal counselling and assistance to unaccompanied minors sheltered in state child protection facilities in Istanbul area with a view to securing their full access to national legal protection mechanisms and rights and services committed under Turkish law. Over the course of the project, RRT staff will undertake counselling visits to various child protection facilities in Istanbul under the authority of Ministry for Families and Social Policies, and extend a range of support services, in full coordination with relevant governmental and non-governmental stakeholders involved.