Turkey deports 165 Syrians through Bab al-Hawa
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Turkish authorities deported on Friday 165 Syrian refugees, including women and children, through Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey in Idlib Governorate, northwestern Syria.
A source from the crossing told North Press that the Turkish authorities deported 165 Syrian refugees, including 82 women and children, to Idlib through Bab al-Hawa.
The source said the deportation was done after taking all the identity papers from the refugees and taking their fingerprints and iris scans so that cannot go back to Turkey.
In late July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that “more than 600,000 displaced people have returned to the country.” In May, Erdogan said that Turkey is working on ensuring the “voluntary return” of one million Syrian refugees.
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 northwestern Syria, according to media and documentary reports.