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TURKEY / ILO RYDER REFUGEES
STORY: TURKEY / ILO RYDER REFUGEES
TRT: 2.48
SOURCE: ILO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / TURKISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 MAY 2016, HARRAN REFUGEE CAMP AND HARRAN DISTRICT, SOUTHEASTERN SANLIURFA PROVINCE, TURKEY
1. Wide shot, Harran Refugee Camp gate
2. Various shots, Director-General of the ILO Guy Ryder and Turkish government officials, walking in Harran refugee camp
3. Various shots, Ryder meeting with Syrian family in their home at the camp
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“What I hear from the refugees, we just met with a family, is a great deal of recognition and gratitude for the solidarity and for the generosity of the people of Turkey. So, it is an enormous challenge, which Turkey is providing a remarkable response. But the fact of the matter is that this has to be an international responsibility and not a purely national one. It cannot simply be the accident of geography that places all of the burden on Turkey and that is why I think it is really important that the ILO and others in the international community do their bit.”
5. Various shots, officials being briefed by camp authorities at Harran refugee camp
6. Various shots, Ahmad Gerri and other Syrian refugees participating in an ILO-supported welding vocational training programme
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Gerri, Syrian Refugee:
“A number of young men are participating in this training on mechanical or vocational skills. Each person is training in his or her preferred field, or in professions they are familiar with. We will receive certificates and they will help us in securing work.”
8. Med shot, Ryder meeting with Syrian refugees who are participating in the ILO-supported welding vocational training programme
9. Med shot, Harran District Governor Temel Ayca presenting Ahmad Gerri with certificate following successful completion of course
10. Zoom out, graduates holding certificate
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“We met some of the people who are undergoing training and one of the things that you hear very clearly is that all of the adults, men and women, give a great deal of importance on access to work. They want to work to give them purpose to their lives. It earns an income and it means that they could move forward with their lives.”
12. Tilt up, Gerri holding certificate
13. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Erhan Batur, Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MOLSS):
“This is a pilot project, which trains Syrians in efforts to help them access the labour market. Syrians need to be informed of their rights, and this is something we can work with the ILO on.”
14. Various shots, Syrian refugee children playing in the camp
Ahead of the World Humanitarian Summit, International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder visited Harran District in Turkey’s South-eastern Sanliurfa province on Saturday, (21 May) where he met with Syrian refugees in the camp and heard some of their needs and concerns.
Speaking during a visit to Harran Refugee Camp, Ryder said the international community must do more to support the Government in its response to the refugee crisis.
SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“What I hear from the refugees, we just met with a family, is a great deal of recognition and gratitude for the solidarity and for the generosity of the people of Turkey. So, it is an enormous challenge, which Turkey is providing a remarkable response. But the fact of the matter is that this has to be an international responsibility and not a purely national one. It cannot simply be the accident of geography that places all of the burden on Turkey and that is why I think it is really important that the ILO and others in the international community do their bit.”
Harran Refugee Camp is home to around 14,000 people.
This was Ryder’s third visit to Turkey in the last eight months and the first to Sanliurfa, a province which has been hugely affected by the Syrian refugee influx. During his visit, Ryder met with government officials, as well as worker and employer representatives to discuss the impact of the crisis on the local economy and labour market as well as some challenges and opportunities in employing both refugees and members from the local communities that host them.
Thirty-seven year old Ahmad Garri moved from Aleppo with his father and three sisters in 2013. He attended an ILO-supported welding vocational training programme aimed at improving livelihoods and decent work opportunities for Syrian refugees living inside and outside of the camp, as well as their host communities.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Gerri, Syrian Refugee:
“A number of young men are participating in this training on mechanical or vocational skills. Each person is training in his or her preferred field, or in professions they are familiar with. We will receive certificates and they will help us in securing work.”
In the District of Harran, Ryder, together with Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MOLSS) Erhan Batur and Harran District Governor Temel Ayca, met with Syrian men and women who are benefiting from those ILO training initiatives, which are being run in collaboration with a number of local partners. The programmes also include Turkish language courses.
SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“We met some of the people who are undergoing training and one of the things that you hear very clearly is that all of the adults, men and women, give a great deal of importance on access to work. They want to work to give them purpose to their lives. It earns an income and it means that they could move forward with their lives.”
In Turkey, there are nearly 2.7 million officially registered Syrian refugees, making it the largest refugee-hosting country in the world. The influx of refugees has had a significant impact on Turkey’s labour market.
SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Erhan Batur, Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MOLSS):
“This is a pilot project, which trains Syrians in efforts to help them access the labour market. Syrians need to be informed of their rights, and this is something we can work with the ILO on.”
At a side event at the World Humanitarian Summit, the ILO is organizing a panel discussion to review good practices using decent work to strengthen the nexus between humanitarian assistance and development cooperation in situations of forced displacement. The discussion will cast light on how to better align humanitarian action with development cooperation aimed at generating decent work, reinforcing protection of vulnerable populations and building their resilience.
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