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Saturday 19 Sep 2015 - 17:47 Makkah mean time-6-12-1436
Ankara (IINA) – Hundreds of Syrian refugees hoping to cross the Turkish border into Greece or Bulgaria will be removed by the weekend, the governor of Edirne said Thursday.
Dursun Ali Sahin, the governor of Erdine province which borders Greece and Bulgaria, said the refugees, who are mostly Syrians, would have to return to refugee camps in southern Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported.
“They have to leave here tomorrow and the day after tomorrow,” he said. “The refugees have been misinformed about migration to European countries and so they come to Edirne. If they stay in Edirne they will try to reach Greece or Bulgaria. We cannot permit them to stay here.”
He spoke as hundreds staged a sit-in protest at Edirne’s bus station, calling for the borders to be opened. Many refused food or water being offered by Turkish aid workers, insisting they wanted to continue into Europe.
Others are waiting at Istanbul’s Bayrampasa bus station in the hope of travelling to the border region and on to Europe.
With around 2 million refugees, Turkey is home to the world’s largest such population, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
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