Sunday, April 08, 2012

Turkey and Syrian refugees

"As soon as her family and 200 other people entered Turkey, they were met by soldiers who left them in the rain for hours until buses could come and take them to the camps.  "I thought a lot about going back to Syria," said Um Mohammad, who is from the Idlib-area village of Binnish. "Because when we got here, the army left us in the rain for seven hours, and the children were whining and crying and hungry. I would rather have just gone back home."  After nightfall, she said, her husband paid a $200 bribe and was able to arrange for their own transportation to take them away. But the rest of the refugees remained behind; she's not sure for how long."