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Public unrest sees Syrians in Turkey facing backlash

Public unrest sees Syrians in Turkey facing backlash

Turks were once sympathetic to refugees but will now turn away those with no visa

For Syrians who have fled the war for the relative safety of Turkey, life looks set to get worse. The suicide bomber who killed 10 German tourists in central Istanbul on January 12th was believed to be a 28-year-old man from northern Syria. Less than a week later, a shell fired from Syria looped over the border and hit a school in the Turkish border town of Kilis, killing one person and adding to the tension.

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