Syrian Refugees and Agriculture in Turkey by Saniye Dedeoglu

Author:Saniye Dedeoglu [Dedeoglu, Saniye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Sociology, Rural, Political Science, Public Policy, Immigration, Refugees, Business & Economics, Labor, General, Women's Studies, Emigration & Immigration, Industries, Agribusiness
ISBN: 9780755634491
Google: 7b1VEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2022-01-27T01:01:59+00:00

Precarization and Syrian child labour in Turkey’s agricultural sector

The intersecting vulnerabilities embedded in child labour in Turkey’s agricultural sector are used to win the competition among the poor for access to agricultural work. Deploying child labour in farm work is not unique to Syrian refugees but a long-lasting practice in the world of waged work in agricultural where seasonal worker families, whether Turkish, Kurdish or Arab, and farmers utilize child workers in high numbers. With the entrance of Syrians into seasonal farm work, the situation has only intensified, which was, before, a policy battlefield for policymakers, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and international groups. To make matters worse, Turkey became a signatory to the ILO Convention 182, Worst Forms of Child Labour in 2001, to eliminate the worst forms of child labour in Turkey. In Turkey’s national plan, seasonal migratory agricultural work is accepted to be the worst form of child labour and to be eliminated for children aged under eighteen years. The Syrian refugee flow, however, has exacerbated the abuse of child labour and made it more difficult to implement policy solutions due to its highly informal and fragmented nature.

This section examines the role of Syrian child labour in seasonal agricultural work and child labour as a path to precarization. This part focuses on the extent of child labour in Syrian households, the perceptions on child labour and the justifications for child labour by families, labour intermediaries and farmers. By and large, it shows that children’s work in agriculture is instrumental for families to ensure survival and for farmers to tap into cheap labour forms. Syrian child workers have emerged as the new precariat of Turkey and have heavily engaged in informal jobs in mostly labour-intensive sectors ranging from construction to textiles and agriculture with no other prospect in education and alternative decent job opportunities. In agriculture, they are mostly stuck in destitute situations under difficult conditions and have a very slim chance of breaking away from hard agricultural labour.

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