"The Council of Europe should assist the Turkish authorities to develop effective policies to prevent refugee and migrant children working and to encourage their attendance at school", says the Secretary General’s Special Representative on migration and refugees Ambassador Tomáš Boček in a report published today. He also called for the Council of Europe to work with the Turkish authorities to help improve the precarious living conditions of the millions of refugees outside camps, in particular by making it easier for those of working-age to access the labour market.
The report is based on his fact-finding visit from 30 May to 4 June 2016, whose aim was to assess the situation of refugees and migrants in Turkey and to identify areas where the Council of Europe could be of concrete assistance, particularly in respect of children and unaccompanied minors.
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