Turkey world's top host for refugees; many want to stay
euronews (in English)
2015-05-20
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Turkey has broken the dire record of the country hosting the largest number of refugees in the world, now an estimated two million, mostly Syrian, also Iraqi, according to the UN Development Programme.
Euronews went to the Oncupinar Refugee Camp in the city of Kilis on the Syrian border, where nearly 13,000 Syrians shelter.
Kilis en Turquie, le camp de réfugiés parfait? Différent de ce à quoi on est habitué... http://t.co/8P3NclnevY #cptt pic.twitter.com/PsrADuZjWa— Annie Desrochers (@NieDesrochers) 17 Février 2014
Most of the refugees have no immediate plans to go back to Syria. The camp includes a barber shop and a market with a variety of stalls and cafes.
A refugee from Aleppo said: “The most vulnerable people are living here. We can’t work. In Syria we lived and worked as normal people.”
Our correspondent Bora Bayraktar asked him: “Do you think of going back. Do you miss your country?”
“I don’t want to go back,” was the man’s answer.
Even though the camp promis
Euronews went to the Oncupinar Refugee Camp in the city of Kilis on the Syrian border, where nearly 13,000 Syrians shelter.
Kilis en Turquie, le camp de réfugiés parfait? Différent de ce à quoi on est habitué... http://t.co/8P3NclnevY #cptt pic.twitter.com/PsrADuZjWa— Annie Desrochers (@NieDesrochers) 17 Février 2014
Most of the refugees have no immediate plans to go back to Syria. The camp includes a barber shop and a market with a variety of stalls and cafes.
A refugee from Aleppo said: “The most vulnerable people are living here. We can’t work. In Syria we lived and worked as normal people.”
Our correspondent Bora Bayraktar asked him: “Do you think of going back. Do you miss your country?”
“I don’t want to go back,” was the man’s answer.
Even though the camp promis
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