Publication type: DeZIM Briefing Notes 1
Are there really 3.6 million refugees in Turkey or could there be considerably fewer?
Authors: Düvell, Franck Publication year: 2019
• Since the beginning of the Syria crisis, at least 984,500 Syrians have left Turkey back to Syria, the EU or other countries.
• So far, the Syrian refugee verification process only identified 2.7 million individuals. Hence, almost one million could not (yet) be verified.
• It is estimated, that there are between 2.7 million to no more than 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey. This is considerably less than the currently assumed 3.65 million.
ISBN: 978-3-948289-01-0 Open Access
Düvell, Franck (2019): Are there really 3.6 million refugees in Turkey or could there be considerably fewer? DeZIM Briefing Notes 1, Berlin: Deutsches Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (DeZIM).