The signing ceremony of the “Disseminating Reliable Information to Refugees: Migrant TV Project”, which is implemented with the collaboration of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Mission in Ankara and the Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (ASAM) and which started on 1 January 2022, took place.
During the ceremony, ASAM General Coordinator İbrahim Vurgun Kavlak extended his thanks to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Mission in Ankara for their support to the Migrant TV project. Emphasizing the important role Migrant TV played by delivering correct information to asylum seekers and migrants from all age groups under challenging conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic, Kavlak expressed his excitement for the ongoing cooperation.
Through the Project, it is planned to produce informative and updated content on a variety of issues, such as education, health, access to the labor market and social cohesion, to be broadcasted on Migrant TV. Streaming in six languages, Migrant TV aims to deliver reliable information to asylum seekers and migrants as fast as possible.
Following the ceremony, the representatives of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Mission in Ankara took a tour of the Migrant TV studio. Taipei Economy and Culture Mission Representative Volkan Chih-Yang Huang and -ASAM Deputy General Coordinator Buket Bahar Dıvrak spoke before Migrant TV cameras.
Taipei Economic and Cultural Mission Representative Volkan Chih-Yang Huang
“We are confident that, as a cooperation with ASAM, we can really help those people in need and express the spirit of Taiwan. The development of the technologies and the habits of nowadays is the people using modern technologies, the internet, smartphones. It is really strategic that the Migrant TV be created or start to serve the people in need. Especially for those migrants, refugees and underprivileged community’s members. To provide humanitarian assistance to these people is very important but to provide the correct access and knowledge about this is more important. So we think that will be a successful project and we are proud of being part of it.”
ASAM Deputy General Coordinator Buket Bahar Dıvrak
“Providing refugees and asylum seekers with reliable information on time without the language barrier constitutes the focal point of Migrant TV. This Project has been developed based on this notion. Therefore, owing to Migrant TV, it is possible to inform persons in their mother tongue about how registration procedures will take place, procedures for obtaining an identification document, how to benefit from health services in case of experiencing a medical problem, and the announcements of institutions like the Turkish Ministry of Health and Turkish Ministry of National Education during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, the channel will also include informative content on social cohesion, services offered by municipalities, and ways of accessing these services.”