On 2-3 February, RRT held a two-day refugee law training in Ankara in collaboration with the Refugee Rights Committee of the provincial bar association. The purpose of the training was to provide an introductory specialization package to lawyers who have recently joined the Ankara bar’s legal aid roster.
The training covered the basic criteria and procedural tenets of both the international protection procedure for non-Syrian asylum seekers and the temporary protection regime in place for refugees from Syria as well as rules and criteria governing detention and expulsion decisions. In addition to theoretical presentations, the training also featured clinical discussions on effective use of appeal mechanisms. In addition to RRT experts, the training also featured presenters from UNHCR, Directorate General of Migration Management, Ankara University Law School, ASAM and Kaos-GL.
This training was organized in the framework of a project implemented by RRT with the financial backing of US State Department Bureau for Population Refugees and Migration (PRM). RRT delivers refugee law trainings for lawyers all over Turkey with a particular interest to help strengthen the availability and quality of legal aid services to asylum seekers and detained migrants undergoing expulsion proceedings.