Turkey Plans Return of a Million Syrians as Refugee Critics Grow
- Most of Turkey’s estimated six million refugees are from Syria
- Opposition criticising immigration policy ahead of elections
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to return a million Syrian refugees to their country, as the political and economic cost of hosting the world’s largest refugee population threatens his popularity before elections.
“We are now preparing a new project that will enable the voluntary return of 1 million Syrian brothers and sisters” to areas secured by Turkish and allied forces in northern Syria, Erdogan said in a video message to mark the delivery of homes built by Turkey’s disaster management authority in northeastern Syria.