Foreign fugitive workers in Turkey after 1990 and the ways of solve

Together with the phenomenon of foreign fugitive workers for manyyears being a problem all over the world, the factors such as globalization,economy, population increase, ethnic discrimination and inadequacy ofmigration laws have heightened the seriousness of the problem in recentyears.The problem of foreign fugitive workers leads to unfair competition ineconomy and loss of national revenue and increases the unemployment. Itdiminishes the wages of employed workers and aggravates the workingconditions. Besides, the foreign fugitive workers also work in very badconditions without legal protections.A number of social, political and economic developments undergone inTurkey and in the world in 1989 and after that year increased the number offoreign fugitive workers entering Turkey. Geographical closeness of Turkey,the ease of transition to Europe, the convenience of illegal entrance, Turkey?smuch better economic and political structure than the neighboring countriesand as well as the fugitives? historical, religious and ethnic closeness to herincrease the number of entrances. At times Turkey is used as a targetcountry and at times as a transit country while the foreigners preferring toenter Turkey via air, land and seaway.The number of the foreign fugitive workers is estimated today as 1million and it is known that this figure goes up day by day. Most of thefugitives work at low wages in menial jobs. Most of their ages are below 40and their educational levels and qualifications are estimated to be low.Lots of measures are taken to avoid foreign fugitive workers. Someefforts were made to put the foreigners? employment in a specific orderthrough the Code No: 4817 on Foreigners? Labor Permits, which took effectin 2003. In addition, within plenty of codes disorganized regulations areencountered. Additionally, informing activities, measures taken across thecountry, tax exemptions and reductions are the other measures taken tostruggle with this problem. Yet, despite all these efforts, the problem offoreign fugitive workers can not be avoided. So, it is necessary to increasethe number of measures taken.