Turkey — Migrant Presence Monitoring - Situation Report (February 2017)

According to the latest available figures from the Turkish Directorate General for Migration Management (DGMM) currently there are approximately 3,2 million foreign nationals present in Turkish territory seeking for the international protection.  Most of them are Syrians 2,941,102 who are granted with the temporary protection status, while according to UNHCR another greater group of the foreign nationals requiring Turkish humanitarian and legal protection are 299,589 asylum applicants consisting of different nationalities, but mainly coming from Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia and other countries.  In addition, there are 461,217 foreign nationals under residency permit status including humanitarian residence holders.