Refugees

Turkey's widely-admired response to the refugee crisis sparked by the war in neighbouring Syria is now showing its limitations, with hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees living in destitution and others being denied entry, Amnesty International warned Nov. 20.
      

Four foreign citizens have been taken to hospital following a brawl that involved Syrian and Afghan nationals in a refugee camp in Bulgaria, bTV channel reported on Wednesday.

A recently renovated building of the refugee camp in Harmanli, in southern Bulgaria close the border with Turkey, was severely damaged during the accident late on Tuesday.

June 20 marks the World Refugee Day. Events are being held across the world to raise awareness of those millions who continue escaping war-torn regions in search of shelter.

By a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, the World Refugee Day was first observed in 2001. The day marked the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.

Mardin: “When I took office here two years ago,” said the coordinator governor in charge of refugees, Veysel Dalmaz, “There were about 50,000 Syrian refugees in the camps.” As of fall of 2012, Syrians who have entered Turkey, but are living outside the camps are estimated to be in the band of 15,000 to 20,000.”