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About 500 refugees to be sent to Turkey from Greece in few days

Türkiye Materials 1 April 2016 16:12 (UTC +04:00)
A part of Syrian refugees will be sent to Turkey from Greece on Apr. 4.
About 500 refugees to be sent to Turkey from Greece in few days

Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 1

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

A part of Syrian refugees will be sent to Turkey from Greece on Apr. 4, the TRT Haber news channel reported Apr. 1.

About 500 Syrian refugees will come to Turkey in the first phase, while the rest of them will be sent to Turkey in mid-April.

It was earlier reported that more than 150 Syrian refugees were deported from Greece to Turkey in February.

Currently there are more than two million Syrian refugees in Turkey. Syrian refugee camps in that country accommodate about 300,000 people.

The rest of the refugees are spread throughout the provinces and cities of Turkey. In Istanbul alone, there are currently 40,000 refugees from Syria.

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