Turkey cracks down on Syrian refugees | World News, The Indian Express

Turkey cracks down on Syrian refugees | World News, The Indian Express

By Deutsche Welle |Published: September 15, 2019 3:51:49 pm

Turkey cracks down on Syrian refugees

President Erdogan has threatened to ditch the EU refugee deal. After election losses and faced with escalating conflict in Idlib, the attitude toward the growing number of Syrian refugees has become increasingly harsh.

Faced with the escalating conflict in Idlib, authorities are beginning to get tough with Syrian refugees. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times/Representational Image)

When President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced in early September that Turkey could be forced to “open the gates” if Europe failed to offer more support in sheltering refugees and creating “safe zones” in North Syria, it wasn’t technically a threat.