Analysis - Saddled with 2 million Syrian refugees, Turkey shows signs of strain


  • World
  • Tuesday, 29 Sep 2015

Syrian Kurd Salah ad-Din kisses his 7-month-old daughter Hiro Belo as they wait at the main bus station in Istanbul, Turkey, September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

ANKARA (Reuters) - The strain of sheltering the world's largest refugee population is showing in Turkey, whose open door to those fleeing Syria and Iraq is shielding European nations from a migration crisis far worse than the one they are struggling with now.

As some European governments turn to baton-wielding police and barricades to stem the flow of migrants, Ankara has vowed to continue accommodating more than 2 million people from its war-torn southern neighbours and welcome any more who come.

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