Both Turkey and Greece, independently, but also together as parties of the European border and asylum regime, are important case studies for examining the arrival of (forced) migrants in great numbers particularly over the last ten years and as states carrying out the heavy burden of the assessment of protection needs of various refugee groups with the involvement of multiple international, local, and humanitarian actors. This research aims to understand gender-based protection needs and assistance for different groups of forced migrants in Turkey and Greece in order to inform more accurate and nuanced policy making in the field of refugee protection, assistance, and resettlement.
This research aims to understand through which socio-political processes the current gender-based protection regimes in these countries are put in place, how different actors are informed by various international and local discourses, how moral economies are involved in decision- and policy-making processes, and how the knowledge produced in the field regarding contextual vulnerabilities and strategies refugees employ in order to cope with these experiences can inform more accurate and inclusive gender-based refugee protection, assistance, and resettlement schemes. Thus, the project will produce insights that not only take into account refugees’ vulnerabilities but also their agency and resilience, which is crucial for long-term protection and integration policies in Turkey and Europe.