Turkey: Border abuses and destitution aggravating plight of Syria refugees

Headline Title: Turkey: Border abuses and destitution aggravating plight of Syria refugees 20 November 2014 The international community’s failure to deal with the growing number of Syrian refugees fleeing into Turkey has led to a crisis of unprecedented proportions with refugees facing push-backs and live fire at the border and hundreds of thousands living in destitution, said Amnesty International in a new report published today. Struggling to Survive: Refugees from Syria in Turkey documents serious human rights risks faced by the 1.6 million people who have…

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