Introduction
The Commission on Migration and Asylum is one of the most effective organs of Izmir Bar Association dealing with the legal needs of refugees.
The Commission on Migration and Asylum is one of the most effective organs of Izmir Bar Association dealing with the legal needs of refugees. As it is known Izmir has become a refugee hub after the start of the Syrian Civil War. Today, with the numbers of 2019 official numbers indicates that Izmir hosts 143.660 refugees itself. It is believed that the real number is much more than this. The Commission on Migration and Asylum gives free legal assistance to the refugees and asylum seekers with its hundreds of volunteer attorneys. Training courses, seminars, conferences, press releases, reporting and social activities with the refugees are the other works of the Commission. The Commission on Migration and Asylum meets every other week on Wednesdays at 17.30 in the Central Building of the Izmir Bar Association.