Birlik Mahallesi Katar Caddesi No:11
06610 Çankaya /Ankara
Turkey
- Democracy and community development
- Human rights
- Research
- Youth and education
The Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (SGDD-ASAM) was established in 1995 in Ankara as an independent, impartial and non-profit association to assist refugees and asylum-seekers living in Turkey.
ASAM has been providing social and legal support for the refugees and asylum-seekers in reaching their rights and services; psychosocial support and organizing numerous courses and activities for the purposes of integrating them into social life since its establishment and currently continues its activities in more than 60 offices across more than 40 provinces in Turkey.
ASAM offers its services to all asylum-seeking and refugee groups regardless making any discrimination based on language, religion, race, gender, sexual orientation and political opinion.
ASAM also aims to assist refugees and asylum-seekers living outside Turkey with its experience for 25 years by opening their foreign representations in Athens and Brussels.
ASAM aspires to facilitate the access of refugees and asylum-seekers to their rights and services and to meet their basic needs by collaborating with the local authorities, the United Nations and other non-governmental organizations with its social workers, psychologists, health educators, interpreters, lawyers, peacebuilding officers, disability experts, language and skills instructors, volunteers and outreach teams.
Moreover, ASAM organizes meetings and conferences at the national and international levels in order to expand public awareness regarding refugees and asylum-seekers and to strengthen collaboration and communication between the non-governmental organizations operating in this field and public institutions and organizations.
ASAM is the first association in Turkey having the concept of ‘asylum-seeker’ in its official name!
ASAM’s vision is to create a place where all asylum seekers and migrants can enjoy their fundamental rights and services and live in a harmony with the host community. ASAM strives for creating a safe place and ensuring well-being for asylum seekers and refugees.
ASAM’s mission is to;
- Register newcomers in the system and follow-up their processes,
- Provide access to fundamental rights and services,
- Provide health, psycho-social and legal counselling,
- Ensure protection,
- Provide assistance (shelter, financial support, etc.) for the most vulnerable cases by mobilizing various resources,
- Organize activities strengthening social harmony and public peace and aiming to raise public awareness,
- Contribute to academic studies regarding the field of refugee and law,
- Contribute to law-making procedures,
- Inform civil society organizations and public institutions about statistical data, needs analysis and migration tendency,
- Mobilize local and public resources for the benefit of asylum seekers and migrants.
- Register newcomers in the system and follow-up their processes,
- Provide access to fundamental rights and services,
- Provide health, psycho-social and legal counselling,
- Ensure protection,
- Provide assistance (shelter, financial support, etc.) for the most vulnerable cases by mobilizing various resources,
- Organize activities strengthening social harmony and public peace and aiming to raise public awareness,
- Contribute to academic studies regarding the field of refugee and law,
- Contribute to law-making procedures,
- Inform civil society organizations and public institutions about statistical data, needs analysis and migration tendency,
- Mobilize local and public resources for the benefit of asylum seekers and migrants.