A human rights organisation has condemned Turkey on Thursday for its treatment towards Syrian refugees as its southern border, ‘Al-Monitor’ news agency reported.
Human Rights Watch accused Turkish forces of shooting at and torturing Syrian migrants and asylum seekers.
The organisations director for Europe, Hugh Williamson said in a statement that such abuses are common. ‘Turkish gendarmes and armed forces in charge of border control routinely abuse and indiscriminately shoot at Syrians along the Syrian-Turkish border, with hundreds of deaths and injuries recorded in recent years.’
From the data collected it is stated that 11 deaths and 20 injuries attributable to Turkish border guards in 2023.
