On air at 1100GMT: Should Turkey help Syrians?
| 10:13 UK time, Friday, 10 June 2011
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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 10 June, 2011. Listen to the programme.
The flow of Syrian refugees into Turkey is continuing as they by the Assad government. On Wednesday 500 Syrians had crossed the border, yesterday that figure stood at 2,700.
Metin Corabatir, spokesman for the United Nations refugee agency says,
"People are coming every possible way, on motorcycles, light trucks, whatever vehicles they can find and some walked,"
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Meanwhile the Turkish Prime Minsiter Recep Tayyip Erdogan and described it as barbaric, according to reports in the Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman.
LibyaNewMedia tweets:
"Syrian refugees in Turkey say that soldiers have given poisoned water to the people & those that went to hospitals were killed"
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Jeremy Bowen tweets
Refugees gathering inside Syria preparing to cross into Turkey -- waving olive branches as they move towards frontier.
International pressure is growing on Syria as it's army begins operations to "restore order" in Jisr al-Shughour, where 120 troops were reportedly killed this week.
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IvanCNN tweets
Refugees say Syrian tanks are moving towards Jisr Al-Shugur, firing cannons in villages as they advance. #Syria
The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s Jim Muir in Beirut say,
"Syrian state TV has been running telephone intercepts of conversations between people inside Jisr al-Shughour suggesting first of all that the place is deserted, but also that armed men have been withdrawn. It could be that the troops will be rolling into a ghost town."
The UN's human rights chief has condemned Syria's treatment of its people as "unacceptable".
Meanwhile, Brazil has become the latest nation - after China and Russia - to express concern over a proposed UN resolution to condemn Syria's actions.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota said such a resolution could inflame tensions in the Middle East.
Should Turkey accept the Syrian refugees with open arms? If you're in Turkey do you think your country should help? Can it cope with an influx of thousands of people?
What does a country owe it's neighbours in a time of crisis?
