After so many air strikes, it is only natural for people wanting to escape this.
Million more refugees will leave Syria due to Russian strikes, Turkey warns Europe
Exclusive: Another two million people will be displaced in Syria as Ankara expects the refugee crisis to worsen, a senior government official says
Migrants disembark safely from their frail boat in bad weather on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean see from Turkey Photo: AP Photo/Santi Palacios
By Richard Spencer, Raziye Akkoc and Justin Huggler in Berlin
11:00PM GMT 28 Oct 2015
Turkey is expecting more than a million more Syrians to pour across their borders, many of which could travel on to Europe, following Russia’s decision to begin air strikes in support of the Assad regime.
A senior government official told The Telegraph that Ankara expected the worsening crisis would displace another two million people in northern Syria. The authorities were working on the assumption that at least half would cross into Turkey.
If their fears are confirmed over the coming winter, the number of refugees in Turkey would rise to be between three and four million – an unprecedented number.
Two million refugees are already in Turkey, many hundreds of thousands of them now beginning to head on to Europe as they despair of ever returning home.
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Million more refugees will leave Syria due to Russian strikes, Turkey warns Europe
Million more refugees will leave Syria due to Russian strikes, Turkey warns Europe
Exclusive: Another two million people will be displaced in Syria as Ankara expects the refugee crisis to worsen, a senior government official says
Migrants disembark safely from their frail boat in bad weather on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean see from Turkey Photo: AP Photo/Santi Palacios
By Richard Spencer, Raziye Akkoc and Justin Huggler in Berlin
11:00PM GMT 28 Oct 2015
Turkey is expecting more than a million more Syrians to pour across their borders, many of which could travel on to Europe, following Russia’s decision to begin air strikes in support of the Assad regime.
A senior government official told The Telegraph that Ankara expected the worsening crisis would displace another two million people in northern Syria. The authorities were working on the assumption that at least half would cross into Turkey.
If their fears are confirmed over the coming winter, the number of refugees in Turkey would rise to be between three and four million – an unprecedented number.
Two million refugees are already in Turkey, many hundreds of thousands of them now beginning to head on to Europe as they despair of ever returning home.
Continue reading at:
Million more refugees will leave Syria due to Russian strikes, Turkey warns Europe