Abstract:

Turkey has been home to immigration movements throughout history due to its geographical and strategic location. Turkey's immigration reality has gained a more complex and massive dimension in recent years, especially with the atmosphere of war and instability in the neighboring countries of the eastern and southern parts of the country. The migration began from Syria to Turkey in 2011 due to the transformation of the political internal confusion in Syria into war is the closest example of that. One of the most fragile groups in the international migration movement is children. Some children, who join the migration, migrate with their parents or relatives but some of them migrate alone.  A child who is separated from his / her parents and who does not have a person who will be responsible for him / herself according to law or tradition is called unaccompanied child migrant. The aim of the study is to reveal the situation of unaccompanied child migrants and the main risks they face and to determine the implementation for them in Turkey. In this context, the situation of unaccompanied child migrants and the main risks they may face at various stages of migration were assessed and current information on practices for children were provided.

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