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RESTORE HEALTHCARE FOR ASYLUM SEEKER

UA: Second 22.25 Türkiye

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Since March 19, Afghan asylum seeker Tabriz Saifi has finally been able to receive free life sustaining dialysis three times a week, though at a hospital far from his home in Bursa province, Türkiye. This is only a partial restoration of his healthcare access, as it does not cover essential medication or treatment for his two amputated fingers, a result of his diabetes. To address all of Saifi’s complex health needs, the Directorate of Migration Management must fully restore his access to healthcare.

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Dear Mr. Hüseyin Kök,

I am writing for your urgent intervention to ensure that Afghan asylum seeker, Tabriz Saifi, has his access to essential, life-sustaining healthcare fully restored. Tabriz Saifi, who is blind and dependent on dialysis three times a week, continues to face limitations in healthcare access which means his health remains jeopardized and at risk.

After the Bursa Migration Management Department rejected the Saifi family’s (mother, father, and adult siblings) application for international protection on February 28, Tabriz Saifi’s healthcare was interrupted.

Following interventions by the Human Rights Foundation of Türkiye, the family’s lawyers, and previous appeals to your office, Tabriz Saifi has been receiving free dialysis treatment since March 19, though at a hospital two bus rides away, taking him two hours to reach. Following dialysis, which is exhausting, he must return home in a taxi, representing a financial burden. While his access to free dialysis provision has been a positive step, the strain on Tabriz Saifi has been immense.

Additionally, Tabriz Saifi requires treatment for his two recently amputated fingers, for which he is not receiving care, nor does he have free access to necessary medication.

I urge you to take immediate action to ensure that Tabriz Saifi’s full access to free healthcare is restored, enabling him to continue receiving dialysis three times a week, as well as other treatment required for his complex health condition, in accordance with Türkiye’s human rights obligations, including the right to health.

Yours sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]

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Tabriz Saifi, a disabled asylum seeker from Afghanistan, needs life-saving kidney dialysis 3 times a week. @gocidaresi restore his access to the medical care he urgently needs while he and his family appeal the rejection of their international protection in Türkiye

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Mr. Hüseyin Kök, Presidency of Migration Management

Çamlıca Mahallesi 122. Cadde No:4

Yenimahalle/ANKARA/Türkiye

Fax: +90 312 422 09 00-99

[email protected] @gocidaresi

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CC: Embassy of Türkiye in the United States, Ambassador Sedat Önal

2525 Massachusetts Avenue, NW,

Washington DC 20008

[email protected]

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