Refugees of the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising

Angelina Jolie in Turkey's Mardin to meet Syrian, Iraqi refugees

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has arrived in Turkey's southeastern province of Mardin Hollywood star and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has arrived in Turkey's southeastern province of Mardin to visit Syrian refugees.

350,000 school-aged Syrian children in Turkey, just half receiving education

Turkey is struggling to educate 350,000 Syrian refugee children, with only around half of all refugee children receiving schooling The number of school-aged children out of the 1.7 million Syrian refugees in Turkey is now more than 350,000, new figures have shown, demonstrating the size of Turkey's ongoing refugee burden.

US, Britain 'willing to examine' Turkey's 'safe haven' efforts for Syria, France voices support

French President Hollande has voiced his support for a Turkish proposal to create 'safe havens' in Syria for the protection of Syrian refugees, while the top diplomats of the US and Britain said they are willing to 'examine' the idea

30,000 Syrian babies born in Turkey's border provinces

A whole new generation of Syrian refugees is being born in Turkey, as the number of Syrians in the country heads toward 1.4 million Some 30,000 Syrian children have been born in Turkish cities where there are refugee camps since the beginning of the war more than three years ago. Another 30,000 Syrian babies are believed to have been born in various other provinces of Turkey.

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