Turkey — Migrant Presence Monitoring - Situation Report (October 2021)
Oct 31 2021
- Flow Monitoring Survey
- Flow Monitoring
- Migrants presence
- Mobility Tracking
According to the latest available figures from the Turkish Directorate General of Migration Management (DGMM), there are more than 4.9* million foreign nationals present in Turkish territory, 3.7* million of whom are seeking international protection.
Most of those seeking international protection are Syrians (3,726,206* individuals) who are granted the temporary protection status in Turkey.
In addition, international protection applicants are most frequently nationals of Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq constitute another group of foreign nationals. According to DGMM, there were 31,334* international protection applicants present in Turkey in 20201, published annually. Moreover, according to UNHCR**, there are close to 330,000 international protection status holders and asylum seekers. In addition, there are 1,241,844* foreign nationals under residence permit holder status; this number includes humanitarian residence holders.
*Data Source DGMM, 28.10.2021
**Data source UNHCR, September 2021
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