Emergency Management Directorate AFAD

Emergency Management Directorate AFAD: "We conducted a study before the Eid al-Adha holidays and the numbers have increased above 600,000," said Mustafa Aydogdu, spokesman for the Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate AFAD . , according to Reuters. It has said it will maintain its "open door" policy to those fleeing the Syrian civil war, now in its third year, although it has closed border crossings from time to time following clashes near the frontier. ANKARA - The number of Syrian refugees in Turkey has exceeded 600,000 and more than 400,000 of them are living outside refugee camps, the Turkish disaster management agency said on Monday. Turkey, which shares a 900-km 560-mile border with Syria, is a strong critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and a main supporter of the rebels fighting against him. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.