"They do not have passports. Refugees are now waiting. If neighboring countries let them in, Turkey would let them pass [through] the country," Aşçı said while visiting the central province of Aksaray.
- The four-day crisis has been caused by a rumor on social media that Germany would accept thousands of Syrian refugees.
That hearsay led hundreds of Syrian refugees living in Turkey to gather in Istanbul's main bus station in order buy a ticket to travel over the Turkish-Greek border.
Unable to buy tickets, some refugees even walked to Edirne, a province bordering EU member Greece.
Although the rumor was denied by the Turkish authorities, many refugees insisted on crossing into Greece or Bulgaria to march towards Germany.
Aşçı said that Serbia and Hungary had sealed their borders in order to stop Syrian refugees advancing further into the continent.
Representatives for Syrian refugees were scheduled to meet Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on Sept. 19 to resolve the ongoing crisis as crowds of people are still waiting in Edirne.
Anadolu Agency
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19/9/15
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Hundreds of migrants in Turkey resume march towards Greek border...
ReplyDeleteHundreds of mainly Syrian migrants resumed their march towards Turkey's border with Greece on Friday after camping for several days on the side of the highway.
Gendarmes who had briefly thrown up barricades earlier in the week to halt the march near the city of Edirne, around 17 kilometers from the Greek border crossing, did not stop the crowd this time.
Around 850 migrants spent three cold nights under the stars and braved hot daytime temperatures with tents, umbrellas and blankets distributed by aid organizations. A group of 50 who could not endure the circumstances headed back to İstanbul on Thursday.
The mainly Syrian migrants were avoiding the perilous sea crossing from Turkey to nearby Greek islands such as Kos and Lesbos via small boats, attempted by tens of thousands this summer. Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Friday that 274 people had died in Turkish waters trying to travel this route.
On Thursday, the spokesman for Greece's pre-election caretaker government Rodolphos Moronis said they are making preparations for a possible new wave of migrants from the Evros border. He was referring to the river that divides Greece from Turkey..................http://www.todayszaman.com/national_hundreds-of-migrants-in-turkey-resume-march-towards-greek-border_399477.html
18/9/15