Turkey warns Europe of new refugee wave

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to send the 3.6 million Syrian refugees in his country to Europe if the continent’s leaders call Turkey’s military incursion in Syria an “occupation”


SYRIAN REFUGEE POPULATION IN TURKEY: By province (June 2019)

Living in host communities across Turkey 96%
Living in camps: 4%

Refugee camps

Under 10,000 
10,000-100,000 
100,000-300,000 
More than 300,000

Syria “safe zone”: Turkish military seeking to establish control over Kurdish-held area of northeast Syria, where some refugees living in Turkey could be resettled – 32km-wide strip could house up to 2 million refugees, according to President Erdogan. Number of Syrians returning could rise to 3 million if Turkish incursion goes beyond safe zone

Izmir
Istanbul
Bursa
TURKEY
Ankara
Hatay
Gaziantep
Sanliurfa
SYRIA
Damascus
LEBANON
ISRAEL
JORDAN
SAUDI ARABIA
IRAQ
EGYPT
300km 185 miles


REGISTERED SYRIAN REFUGEES
By country of asylum (Oct 3, 2019)

Total 5.64m
Turkey 3.67m
Lebanon 0.92m
Jordan 0.65m
Iraq: 0.23m
Egypt, other (North Africa): 0.17m


Sources: ReliefWeb, Reuters, UNHCR
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