US agency for refugees praises Turkey's Kilis
Date
2/22/2016 5:02:40 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) >The U.S. State Department Population Refugees and Migration Office (PRM) has praised the Turkish town of Kilis which has been nominated for a Nobel Prize for hosting Syrian refugees.
“One Turkish town has done so much forSyrianrefugeesit’s up for the Nobel Peace Prize” the PRM official account tweeted sharing a link of a story on Kilis published on the Public Radio International websitea Minneapolis-based American public radio organization.
The article by Richard Hall praises Kilis for sharing the heavy burden of refugees as its population has already doubled as tens of thousands of Syrians have fled the war.
“For most it is a stop on a longer journey: farther into Turkey or beyond to Europe. But for more than 100000 Syrians it's thefinal destination — or at least the place where they will wait out the war” Hall wrote in the article.
With a population of 129000 the city that isjust a few miles from the Syrian border is home to about 120000 Syrian refugees.
At least 250000 people have been killed and 10 million displaced since the Syria conflict began in 2011 according to UN figures.
According to Turkish authorities Turkey hosts more than 2.5 million Syrian people and has spent $9 billion so far on caring for those who have fled the war.
Earlier this month Justice and Development (AK) Party vice chairman Ayhan Sefer Ustunnominated the people of Kilis for the Nobel Peace Prize.
"People share their jobs houses trades and social spaces [with Syrian refugees]. I suppose that such an example of an act of mass peace does not exist in the world” Ustun wrote in his letter to the Nobel committee according to the article.
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