TURKEY: Authorities allow media access to tented camp where thousands of Syrian refugees are being accommodated after fleeing fighting

Record ID: 345752

  • Title: TURKEY: Authorities allow media access to tented camp where thousands of Syrian refugees are being accommodated after fleeing fighting
  • Date: 19th June 2011
  • Summary: HATAY, TURKEY (JUNE 18, 2011) (REUTERS) TENTS IN BOYNUYOGUN CAMP PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURES IN CAMP WOMAN AND TWO MEN SEATED IN FRONT OF TENT VARIOUS OF WOMEN WITH CHILDREN IN FRONT OF TENT VARIOUS OF CHILDREN IN FRONT OF TENTS MAN SEATED IN TENT WOMAN WASHING CLOTHES AT TAP IN OPEN VARIOUS OF CHILDREN CHANTING IN PLAYGROUND CHILDREN ON PLAYGROUND SLIDE WOMAN STANDING IN ROAD IN CAMP BOY STANDING OUTSDIE TENT CHILDREN HOLDING BANNER SOLDIER STANDING GUARD VARIOUS OF CHILDREN BEHIND BARBED WIRE
  • Embargoed: 4th July 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey, Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVACWXSLOMPTGS6ZOZO3Y4C6PR8Z
  • Story Text: The Turkish foreign ministry on Saturday (June 18) organised a media tour of Boynuyogun camp where scores of Syrians have found refuge after fleeing their
    homes to escape a military crackdown by Syrian authorities.
    The refugees were trying to adjust to life in the camps as children played in a makeshift playground on the site.
    The Turkish authorities had previously barred media from entering the camps. One reason given was the protection of refugees from being filmed or
    photographed, as this could pose a danger to them or their families in Syria.
    So far, some 9,600 Syrians have crossed into Turkey. Up to 10,000 more have taken shelter in a village 20 metres on the other side of the border.
    The main Syrian activist group organising protests said on Sunday the crackdown has killed 1,300 civilians.
    Up to 10,000 people have been detained since the crackdown by forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad began in mid-March.
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