Abstract:

There are many factors that make “migration” become one of the biggest problems of the contemporary world. The most significant ones of these factors are economic inequality, states’ incompetence in securing their peoples lives, political turmoil and acts of violence. No matter they are the source or target countries, all nations are in search of possible national and multinational solutions against the issue of illegal migration, illegal immigrant and refugee that chronically delivers great deal of problems. In this study, introducing the socioeconomic profiles of the Asian originated foreigners that entered Turkey illegally and arrested in Istanbul was aimed. To this end, Afghan, Bangladeshi and Pakistani illegal immigrants of ages 18 to 50 who are kept for deportation at Istanbul Foreigners Department Pursuit and Control Bureau were interviewed. To find out the reasons of illegal migration and the target countries, a semi-structured questionnaire was used during the interviews. Thus, it is aimed to show the relationship between learning theory and illegal immigrants

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