- Title: TURKEY: Tent hospital erected for Syrian refugees
- Date: 12th June 2011
- Summary: HATAY, TURKEY (JUNE 11, 2011) (REUTERS) VIEW OF FIELD HOSPITAL MAKESHIFT TENTS BEDS BEING TAKEN INSIDE VARIOUS OF TRUCK CARRYING MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARRIVING MAN ERECTING MAKESHIFT TENT 6, OFFICIALS CARRYING BEDSHIELDS FROM ANOTHER TRUCK MAN CARRYING MEDICAL SUPPLIES INSIDE
- Embargoed: 27th June 2011 13:00
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- Location: Turkey, Turkey
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: International Relations
- Reuters ID: LVADUCSYH7SLBFOMD0G8H44PG5WG
- Story Text: Turkey erected another tent hospital on Saturday (June 11) near the refugee camp in Hatay expecting more wounded refugees to arrive from Syria's restive north.
More than 60 refugees are being treated in a local hospital in Antalya as the number of Syrians who have taken refuge in Turkey has risen to 4,300, according to a senior Turkish diplomat.
Syrians continue to stream across the Turkish border into already crowded refugee camps, as people flee from fear of a bloody reprisal in Jisr al-Shughour, a town of 50,000 some 40 kilometres from the Turkish border. The Syrian government has said "armed gangs" killed more than 120 security personnel earlier this week in the town.
Turkish Foreign Ministry announced earlier this week Turkey had made the necessary preparations for further inflows, but declined to forecast how many more Syrians may seek refuge.
Radikal newspaper said Turkey will set up a buffer zone if migrant inflows from Syria exceed 10,000. It said Ankara was in contact with the United Nations and the Council of Europe so that it does not shoulder this burden alone.
Almost 3,000 refugees had reached Turkey by Friday (June 10), with more expected to come due to the mounting unrest and demonstrations Rights groups say over 1,100 civilians have been killed since March in the revolt to demand more political freedoms and an end to corruption and poverty. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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