RRT Izmir Field Office has become operational

As of October 1st, RRT’s new Field Office in Izmir has become operational. The Field Office is intended to help strengthen RRT’s legal assistance services for immigration detainees held in large scale removal centers in Izmir and neighboring Aydın as well as other locations in Turkey’s Aegean coastal region.

The Field Office will serve as an operational outpost primarily to help extend RRT’s legal assistance services catering to persons reaching out to RRT’s Detention Helpdesk from large-scale removal centers in Izmir and neighboring Aydın province as well as other immigration detention facilities in Western Turkey. The Field Office is envisioned to eventually also take on appeal cases from Izmir in connection with negative status decisions arising from both the international protection and temporary protection procedures.

The Izmir Field Office will serve as an outpost under the supervision of RRT’s main operational base in Istanbul. The office will not directly receive applications for legal assistance; instead it will be assigned cases from the RRT Detention Helpdesk and Hotline, which will continue to operated from Istanbul. RRT’S Detention Hotline can be reached at 0507 218 62 85 or via RRT’s General Counselling Desk at 0212 292 48 30.

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