Syrian Refugees in Turkey Miss Home on Eid

It orders checks on Syrians’ documents at the entrance and exit to each province and asks law enforcement to tell transport companies that Syrians are not allowed to leave the provinces where they have registered without permission.

“Armenpress” reports, referring to EurActiv, that the European Commission said last week it was ready to come up with an estimated €1 billion for Turkey, more than five times what the EU has already mobilised for the 2 million refugees there.

Hundred of migrants, who were blocked at a bus station, walk down a… Many of them have divided families.

That’s one reason, experts say, for the large numbers of migrants crowding cities like Bodrum and Izmir, and willing to risk their lives to get to Greece.

Since then, many countries broadened their definition of asylum seekers to reach well beyond Europe – but Turkey wasn’t among them.

“When the first group entered to Turkey or other countries from Syria, everybody knew that they were there for years, and nobody took action, including Europe“.

“I hope that now the refugee crisis is highlighting for everybody in Europe – and not only – that it is urgent to find a diplomatic, political solution to the crisis to put an end to this”, she said. Have they ever helped us?

Turkey is a key route for migrants heading towards European Union countries, many making the perilous crossing by sea to nearby Greek islands.

The suspects – identified as German national Nora S., French national Charlotte L. and Syrians Abdalsalam S., Ali F., and Mohammed F. – were said to have incited refugees against Turkish police and persuaded them against cooperating with the authorities. But he acknowledged that Ankara was reinforcing its existing rules.