Turkey deports 115 Syrian refugees to northern Syria
RAQQA, Syria (North Press) – Turkish authorities deported on Tuesday 115 Syrians through Tel Abyad border crossing with Turkey in the northern countryside of Raqqa, northern Syria.
An exclusive source told North Press, the Turkish authorities forcibly deported 115 Syrian refugees, including 20 women, from Turkey to the northern countryside of Raqqa through Tel Abyad crossing.
The source noted that the pace of deportations increased in the past few days, mostly carried out through the crossings of Tel Abyad and Sere Kaniye in northern Hasakah Governorate, northeast Syria, which are under the control of Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA).
On July 28, Turkey deported 80 individuals to north Syria through Sere Kaniye crossing.
The administration of Bab al-Salama border crossing in the north of the city of Azaz, northwestern Syria, announced on the same day the toll of Syrian refugees who “voluntarily” returned to Syria in July reached 2,236 individuals.
The Turkish authorities launched a campaign against the Syrian refugees in Turkey, particularly in Istanbul. According to activists, the authorities deported more than 3,000 people since the beginning of July.
Though Syria is still unsafe for returns, Turkey tries to get rid of the refugees by forcibly deporting them, as the Turkish authorities have intensified the forced deportation of Syrians, as part of what they call voluntary return to safe areas in Syria, according to media and documentary reports.