| Name in English | Number of staff | Ministry responsible | Is there any political interference possible by the responsible Minister with the decision making in individual cases by the determining authority? |
| Presidency of Migration Management (PMM) | 11,545[1] | Ministry of Interior | Yes |
PMM is structured as a civilian agency. It has Provincial Departments for Migration Management (PDMM) across the 81 provinces of Türkiye. A Council of Ministers Decision issued in February 2018 established 36 District Directorates for Migration Management (İlçe Göç İdaresi Müdürlüğü) in 16 provinces, under the responsibility of the respective PDMM.[2]
UNHCR continues to assist PMM in building capacity in refugee law and provided training to staff. Similarly, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) provides support to PMM and PDMMs. EUAA implemented its fourth roadmap for cooperation 2022-2023 in January 2022 and this new roadmap ‘facilitates exchanges of best practices on asylum related- legislation, effective asylum procedures and reception system.[3]’In addition, ICMPD, IOM and the Council of Europe have been carried out a technical cooperation project with PMM as of 2022. [4]
In 2022, PMM published its performance programme based on the 2019-2023 Strategy Plan, providing for the first time details regarding its human resources, organizational structure, resources and performance indicators.[5]
[1] PMM, Göç İdaresi Başkanliği 2022 Performans Programi, 2022, available in Turkish at: https://bit.ly/3O9Nc9F.
[2] Council of Ministers Decision 2018/11464 of 19 February 2018. See also Anadolu, ‘36 ilçeye İlçe Göç İdaresi Müdürlüğü kurulacak’, 29 March 2018, available in Turkish at: https://bit.ly/2TCRGWV.
[3] EUAA & PMM, ‘Roadmap for Cooperation between the EUAA–PMM (2022-2023), 2002, available at: https://bit.ly/43kWbsR.
[4] PMM, ‘Göç İdaresi Genel Müdürlüğünün Biten Projeleri (50 Adet)’, last accessed 13 July 2023, available in Turkish at: https://bit.ly/3XP5xvL.
[5] PMM, Göç İdaresi Başkanliği 2022 Performans Programi, 2022, available in Turkish at: https://bit.ly/3O9Nc9F.