Refugee Rights Turkey held a specialization seminar for lawyers in Gaziantep on 28 January 2017 in collaboration with the provincial bar association, as part of RRT’s efforts to support local bar associations to strengthen expertise and operational capabilities to serve asylum seekers and detained migrants. The seminar was organized in collaboration with the Human Rights Center of Gaziantep Bar Association and in the framework of the project currently implemented by RRT in affiliation with Refugee Solidarity Network. The 1-day seminar focused on the content and implications of the amendments enacted by the Emergency Decree No:676 in the provisions of the Law on Foreigners and International Protection governing deportation practices. RRT had previously held two introductory training for Antep-based lawyers in June 2015 an August 2016.
