The first meeting of the Steering Committee for the Twinning Project “Support to Turkey’s Capacity in Combating Illegal Migration and Establishment of Removal Centers for Illegal Migrants” took place in Ankara on 4 June 2010. The meeting involved the planning, coordination and assessment of the project’s activities.
The project aims at contributing to the reform of the overall system for controlling illegal migration in line with the EU standards and best practices, and in particular strengthening the institutional capacity of Turkey in the field of detention and repatriation through the introduction of standards for Turkey’s legislative and administrative alignment to the EU acquis.
On the side of EU Member States, the UK Border Agency, the EPLC and the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Netherlands are implementing the 18-month project, in cooperation with Turkish Ministry of Interior, Department of Foreigners, Borders and Asylum of the General Directorate of Security, which is the beneficiary institution.
