Support to life: child labour programme 2016 - manual for caseworkers
Hayata Destek and UNICEF
Highlights
Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011, millions of Syrian refugees have fled into Turkey. At first believing that the conflict would be short, these refugees have had to come to terms with the permanence of their situation. As the war continues without an end in sight, many have moved on to Europe but even more have remained in Turkey and begun to set up lives across the country; from the southeast to Istanbul.
In the poverty that war and dislocation have wrought, child labour has become epidemic amongst the Syrian refugee population. Supported by UNICEF, Support to Life piloted a programme to reduce child labour in Şanlıurfa during 2015. In 2016, as partners, UNICEF and Support to Life will implement a new Child Labour Programme across Turkey.
After setting out the background to the refugee crisis, the terms of reference and the relevant legal framework, this Manual sets out recommendations for that new Child Labour Programme in Turkey. The recommendations are a response to data compiled through a six-tier needs assessment of the Syrian refugee community regarding child labour, in Şanlıurfa city during 2015, together with reports on child labour by other NGOs and INGOs and extensive interviews with Support to Life’s staff operating across the country.
