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UN: Turkey received as many Syrian refugees in three days as Europe did in three years

September 25, 2014
This post is not directly related to Human Rights Defenders, but the numbers in this press statement of 24 September 2014 are so striking that I could not  resist: 

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A spokesperson for the High Commissioner for Refugees at the UN, Melissa Fleming, revealed that “Turkey received 138,000 [Syrian] refugees in three days, which is equivalent to what was received by Europe throughout the past three years,” Anadolu news agency reported.

UN: Turkey received as many Syrian refugees in three days as Europe did in three years.

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