Study Visit to Italy on “Unaccompanied Minors”

On 25-29 November RRT held a study visit to Italy to learn about the procedures and institutional arrangements in place for the identification, protection and care of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers.

The study visit was carried out in the framework of a project currently implemented by RRT with the support of the Embassy of Switzerland, aiming to strengthen awareness and sensitivity for unaccompanied minors in Turkey and contribute to national policy making in this field. RRT is conducting a series of study visits to selected EU member states to examine aspects of the national protection systems in place in these countries relevant for the protection of unaccompanied minors with a view to drawing policy ideas and recommendations to inform Turkey’s efforts on this issue.

The study visit to Italy entailed meetings and visits in Rome with relevant agencies and NGOs for the purpose of identifying good practices and policy or implementation approaches deemed to contain comparative value or insights for similar efforts in the Turkey context. Previously, study visits of similar scope were made to Germany and the UK in the same framework. In the coming months, RRT plans to publish a report summarizing the observations and recommendations drawn from the visits.

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