Published February 19,2023
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Türkiye‘s protection chief acknowledged on Sunday stated that after the current earthquakes within the south of the nation, 10,633 Syrians had voluntarily returned to their dwelling nation throughout the border.
Inspecting the frontier from the land and air in Hatay province and talking with border officers, National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar dismissed claims that there had been an inflow of Syrian refugees from Türkiye’s southern border as “completely untrue.”
“Contrary to the idea that there were intense crossings into Türkiye, they (border officials) said Syrian citizens crossed the border in one direction, from Türkiye to Syria. They stated that our Syrian brethren who lost their families and homes in the earthquake voluntarily returned to their homeland,” he stated.
“Thermal cameras and unmanned aerial vehicles are used to monitor our entire area of responsibility on a 24/7 basis. There’s no movement at the border and no attempt to cross,” Akar added.
Türkiye has been a key transit level for irregular migrants, together with Syrians, who wish to cross into Europe to begin new lives, particularly these fleeing warfare and persecution of their international locations.
At least 40,642 folks have been killed and over 108,000 injured in two highly effective earthquakes that rocked southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, in keeping with the most recent official figures.
The 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude earthquakes, centered within the Kahramanmaraş province, affected greater than 13 million folks throughout 11 provinces, together with Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Elazığ and Şanlıurfa.
In Syria, a minimum of 5,840 folks have been killed.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
