Turkey deports 40 people to Syria’s Sere Kaniye
SERE KANIYE, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, Turkish authorities deported 40 people, including five Iraqis, to Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) in northern Hasakah, after they were detained for two weeks in the Turkish city of Urfa.
A source told North Press that the deportation, which included women and children, took place this afternoon through the Ras al-Ain border crossing in northern Hasakah, northeastern Syria.
The source stated that the Turkish authorities carried out the deportation after taking their full data, eye and hand prints, to prevent their permanent return to Turkish territory without informing their families of the deportation process.
Turkish authorities deported them after collecting their full data, including eye and hand prints, to prevent their permanent return to Turkey, all without informing their families of the deportation process.
The source indicated that the Turkish-backed Military Police of the Syrians National Army (SNA) in the city of Sere Kaniye arrested the deportees and detained them, pending investigation under the pretext of conducting necessary security checks.
Since the beginning of July, the Turkish authorities have deported more than 2,500 Syrian refugees, mostly women and children, to the opposition-held areas in northern Syria through the Baba al-Hawa, Tel Abyad, and Bab al-Salama border crossings.
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.