Innovative solutions to the syrian crisis
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he Syrian crisis is approaching its ninth year. In that span, the conflict has taken the lives of over five hundred thousand people and forced over seven million more to flee the country. Of those displaced, more than 3.6 million have sought refuge in Turkey, which now hosts more refugees than any other country in the world. Their numbers, bolstered by births and new arrivals, continue to increase. The Syrian refugees join close to four hundred thousand more asylum seekers and refugees from other countries.
At a time when traditional durable solutions such as resettlement or a voluntary, sustainable, and dignified return do not look viable, Turkey’s government at the local and national levels, civil society groups, and U.N. agencies are grappling with how to integrate these newcomers—into society broadly, and into the labor market specifically. As I argue in a new report, published in partnership with the Tent Partnership for Refugees, extending EU trade concessions specifically in the agricultural sector could incentivize Turkey to better integrate Syrian refugees into its labor market.
THE PROPOSAL
Enhancing the self-reliance of Syrian refugees in Turkey and increasing their access to livelihood opportunities remains a substantial challenge. Although the Turkish government adopted legislation in 2016 to facilitate access to work permits, thus far less than 2 percent of the 2.2 million Syrian refugees of working age (fifteen- to sixty-four-years old) are formally employed. More than one-third of the Turkish economy is estimated to be based on informal employment, and the entry of approximately a million Syrian refugees has depressed employment levels and wages, among especially unskilled host community residents. This exacerbates social tensions and has even led to violence, adding urgency to the task of finding a remedy.
A novel solution would be for the EU to offer Turkey trade concessions tied to the formal employment of Syrians. This would be in line with an increasingly popular policy argument that, in the spirit of burden-sharing and pre-empting secondary movements, countries hosting a large number of refugees should be granted better access for their exports.
Originating in the aftermath of the European migration crisis, this idea has received backing in various high-level conferences such as the February 2016 London Conference and the U.N. Summit on Refugees and Migrants in September 2016 and was endorsed in the U.N. Global Compact on Refugees adopted in December 2018). More recently, the International Network on Conflict and Fragility released the “Common Position on supporting comprehensive responses in refugee situations,” which includes the extension of “trade facilities” to benefit refugees as well as the host country’s economic development.
This approach to refugee self-reliance, focused on trade concessions and economic growth, aims to build on the limited success of the livelihood programs of consecutive U.N. regional refugee and resilience plans that focus primarily on improving the employability of the refugees. It is an approach that combines a supply-side focus with policies that can help expand demand for formal refugee labor.