GENERAL INFORMATION
 

Project title
 

Construction of Removal Centers for the Effective Implementation of the EU-Türkiye Readmission Agreement

Priority area
 

Home Affairs - Migration and Asylum

Beneficiary

Directorate General of Migration Management

Co-Beneficiary
 

-

Duration

37 months

February 2019 – March 2022

EU contribution (Euro)

34.600.000

PROJECT SUMMARY

Brief description of the project and main objectives
 

The Readmission Agreement, signed on December 16, 2013, was an important turning point that greatly alleviated Europe's migration crisis. In order to implement the Agreement effectively, the project aims to establish and complete the supervision of six new removal centers with a capacity of 2400 persons for each.
 

Location

Adana, Balikesir, Kutahya, Malatya, Nigde, Sanliurfa

Achievements / expected outputs

It is aimed that the construction and inspections of six new removal centers with a capacity of 200 people in Balıkesir, 400 people in Adana, Kütahya, Malatya and Niğde and 600 people in Şanlıurfa will be completed and the centers will serve at international standards.