Syrian refugees in Turkey's Sanliurfa
Turkey has managed refugee influx “remarkably well,” said the United Nations Population Fund’s representative in the country.
“It [Turkey] set a standard for the world to follow [...] A good response must address the entire development range, for example, economics, employment, social welfare, education, health, and infrastructure,” Karl Kulessa told Anadolu Agency.
Turkey hosts some 3.5 million Syrian refugees -- more than any other other country in the world -- spending more than $32 billion from its own national resources to help and shelter refugees since the beginning of the Syrian civil war.
Kulessa also talked about population dynamics in Turkey and the world, as well as the fund’s recent report on global fertility trends and reproductive rights, titled “The Power of Choice: Reproductive Rights and the Demographic Transition”.
In order to create understanding about reproductive health and contraceptive choices for each person, he said a “sustained and culturally sensitive approach" involving government, community leaders and individuals themselves.
Russia and Turkey plan to give more time for the implementation of their de-escalation deal in the Syrian province of Idlib, a "great relief" for 3 million civilians in the area, U.N. humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland told reporters on Thursday.But there were still "a million unanswered questions" about how the deal would work, and what would happen if groups designated as terrorists refused to lay down their weapons.Speaking after a regular Syria humanitarian meeting in Geneva, Egeland said Syria's ally Russia had confirmed that Damascus had scrapped a "very concerning" law allowing the expropriation of land and property from refugees.‘Syrians always warmly welcomed in Turkey’Idlib and adjacent areas are the last stronghold of the opposition who rose up against President Bashar al-Assad in 2011, and the U.N. has warned that a battle to restore Assad's control over the zone could be the worst of the seven-year-old war.Turkey and Russia's deal set up a buffer zone running 15-20 km (9-13 miles) deep into opposition territory that originally had to be free of heavy weapons and jihadists by Monday."There will be more time for diplomacy," Egeland said."I was heartened to hear both Russia and Turkey say they are optimistic, they can achieve much more through negotiations, and they are generally very positive on the implementation of this deal which is giving a relief, a pause in fighting, to Idlib."
Russia and Turkey give more time for Idlib deal in Syria: UN
Syrians have always been warmly welcomed in Turkey since the beginning of their country’s civil war, the European Union’s ambassador to Turkey said Wednesday.“There are some places in southeastern Turkey where more Syrians live than Turks,” said Christian Berger, who is in Turkey’s southeastern province of Gaziantep as part of a press trip for journalists from 14 countries to promote Turkey.“But Syrians have always been warmly welcomed and taken care of in the last seven years,” Berger added.Turkey hosts more Syrian refugees than any other country in the world. The country has spent more than $32 billion from its own national resources for helping and sheltering refugees since the beginning of the Syrian civil war.Syria has only just begun to emerge from a devastating conflict that began in 2011 when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on demonstrators with unexpected ferocity.
‘Syrians always warmly welcomed in Turkey’