Description

Turkey hosts the world’s largest number of refugees and asylum seekers The Government of Turkey (GoT) is primary responsible for the protection refugees, including their access to services, and is the overall coordinator of the refugee response. Thus, in cooperation with GoT, UNHCR and partners have established an inter-agency refugee response coordination structure in Turkey as part of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan in Response to the Syrian Crisis (3RP) which draws upon the expertise of UN agencies in providing leadership to sectoral working groups. The national Protection Working Group (PWG) based in Ankara was formed in December 2014 in light of these developments as a central element of the refugee protection response in Turkey.