organization:immigration department

Turkey prepares to receive 72,000 immigrants from Greece

Turkey is preparing to receive 72,000 illegal immigrants who have been deported from Greece. Turkish Akhbar Turkiya newspaper reported that the Immigration Department will construct a centre for the refugees in the #Delek region in #Izmir during the next ten days.

The immigrants will be relocated inside camps in the Greek island of Medley before being transferred to Delek from 4 April, the paper reported.

Sources in the Turkish Refugees Department said the immigrants will be offered identity cards and will have their fingerprints taken within 24 hours of their arrival, they will then be able to stay in the camps or join their relatives in Turkey.

▻https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/24766-turkey-prepares-to-receive-72000-immigrants-from-greece
#camps #réfugiés #Turquie #asile #migrations #Grèce

Taxpayers charged $6 million for Immigration Department telemovie

The Immigration Department has made a $6 million telemovie to deter asylum seekers from coming to Australia – eclipsing the budgets of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Castle and Wolf Creek combined.

The taxpayer-funded drama called The Journey made its debut on Afghanistan television on Friday.

Government tender documents reveal the Department of Immigration and Border protection paid the Sydney-based Put It Out There Pictures $4.34 million to produce the movie. It paid a company called #Lapis_Communications a further $1.63 million for to promote and advertise it, bringing the total to $5.97 million.

▻http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/taxpayers-charged-6-million-for-immigration-department-telemovie-20160325-gn

#film #asile #migrations #propagande #Australie #campagne #dissuasion #Afghanistan #réfugiés_afghans
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