The Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme, which was launched in 2016, has become the central element of the humanitarian response to the plight of Syrian refugees in Turkey and an instrument of European migration control policies. This paper offers a contextual analysis of this European Union-funded cash assistance scheme by examining the modes of interaction between its major assumptions and the broader humanitarian response in the context of Turkey. It finds that the ESSN comes with compromises on humanitarian principles and standards, amplifies the protection and assistance divide, and fails to address the realities of Turkey with respect to the country's housing and labour markets and weak protection framework. The paper concludes that a more inclusive approach to eligibility and higher transfer payments can contribute to the addressing of assistance needs provided that cash support is combined with robust protection programming and the implementation of sector-specific projects and policies.

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人道主义环境中现金计划的背景政策分析：以土耳其紧急社会安全网为例

紧急社会安全网 (ESSN) 计划于 2016 年启动，已成为应对土耳其叙利亚难民困境的人道主义响应的核心要素，也是欧洲移民控制政策的工具。本文通过研究其主要假设与土耳其背景下更广泛的人道主义响应之间的相互作用模式，对这一欧盟资助的现金援助计划进行了背景分析。它发现，ESSN 对人道主义原则和标准做出了妥协，扩大了保护和援助的鸿沟，未能解决土耳其在该国住房和劳动力市场以及薄弱的保护框架方面的现实。