Turkey deports 450 Syrian refugees to northern Syria
TEL ABYAD, IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Turkish authorities deported on Sunday 450 Syrian refugees through the Tel Abyad and Bab al-Hawa border crossings, in northern and northwestern Syria respectively.
Administrative sources at the two crossings told North Press that the Turkish authorities deported more than 450 Syria refugees, including women and their children, through the two crossings and handed them to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and to the Turkish-backed Military Police of the Syrian National Army (SNA).
The sources added that SNA’s Military Police received around 80 Syrians and transferred them to shelters where they will be investigated.
As for HTS, which controls much of northwestern Syria, it received 370 Syrian refugees, including women and their children, according to administrative sources at the Bab al-Hawa crossing.
The sources indicated that the deportation process took place after the Turkish authorities collected all personal identification documents of the refugees. The authorities also took their biometric data to ensure that they would not return to Turkish territory.
According to administrative sources from the crossings of Bab al-Hawa and Tel Abyad, the number of Syrians forcibly deported exceeded 11,500 in September.