Turkey feels pressure from growing refugee crisis
xinhua
August 19, 2014
Already home to well over one million Syrian refugees, Turkey has recently become a destination country for Iraqis who flee from violence, putting further strain on Turkey, analysts said. “As long as the instability in the neighboring countries continue, Turkey will be facing influx of refugees,” Mehmet Seyfettin Erol, the head of Ankara’s International Strategic and Security Research Center (USGAM), told Xinhua. “The flow of refugees has already taken a toll on Turkish economy, national security as well as increased strain on its social structure,” he noted.
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