TURKEY: The newly constructed Reyhanli camp accommodates more Syrians as the number of refugees reaches 10,114

Record ID: 345214

  • Title: TURKEY: The newly constructed Reyhanli camp accommodates more Syrians as the number of refugees reaches 10,114
  • Date: 20th June 2011
  • Summary: HATAY, TURKEY (JUNE 19, 2011) (REUTERS) TENTS AT REYHANLI CAMP REFUGEES WAITING TO BE HOUSED REFUGEES TALKING TO RED CRESCENT OFFICIALS MILITARY VEHICLE DRIVING PAST VARIOUS MORE OF REFUGEES WAITING ENTRANCE TO REYHANLI CAMP, GENDARMARIE SOLDIER STANDING GUARD VARIOUS OF TENT CAMP, REFUGEES MILLING AROUND, CLOTHES HANGING FROM TENTS CHILDREN WALKING IN CAMP
  • Embargoed: 5th July 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey, Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Social Services / Welfare
  • Reuters ID: LVACMUJ7ZM8MWA7SMHLFMDWHA74G
  • Story Text: A fifth camp in the southern Turkish province of Hatay began housing Syrians on Sunday (June 19). The number of refugees who crossed into Turkey to escape a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests reached 10,114 people, state-run Anatolian news agency reported.
    Refugees were waiting to register in the new camp and move into tents.
    Turkish officials were awaiting a further influx of refugees. Meanwhile, the Turkish Red Crescent also began delivering humanitarian aid on the Syrian side of the border where some 10,000 people have taken shelter.
    Turkey has been heaping up pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to speed up the reform process and immediately halt violence.
    The International Federation for Human Rights and the U.S.-based Damascus Centre for Human Rights Studies said in a statement that, according to local sources, Syrian forces had killed more than 130 people and arrested over 2,000 in Jisr al-Shughour and surrounding villages over the past few days.
    Syrian authorities blame the violence on armed groups and Islamists, backed by foreign powers. Syria has barred most international journalists, making it difficult to verify accounts from activists, refugees and officials.
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