The offensive on Syria's Idlib province is forcing thousands of civilians to flee, many of them to Turkey. Turkish President Erdogan has now warned that a deal on refugees with the EU is in jeopardy.
Seven migrants were killed in eastern Turkey after their boat sank in Lake Van, according to the official Anadolu news agency. Turkish authorities meanwhile said that they rescued 64 people.
The Turkish president has described a new humanitarian crisis as thousands of Syrians flee renewed bombing in Idlib. But he warned that Turkey "will not carry such a migrant burdens on its own."
The bodies of six migrants were found on the Greek-Turkish border in the Evros region in recent days. They appeared to have died from exposure, a Greek coroner said.
The Turkish government says 370,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country from Turkish territory since 2016. They are now allegedly living in areas under Turkish control thanks to cross-border military operations that began in 2016.
Turkey says it has expelled nearly 50,000 migrants from Istanbul, including more than 6,000 Syrians. The government says the migrants were in the city illegally and will be made to leave Turkey.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to return up two million refugees to Syria. Under his plan, the refugees would return to what he has called a "safe zone" created by the Turkish military during its incursion into Syria. But as Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul, many Syrians are not ready to go back after spending years in Turkey.
One day after Turkey launched an assault on US-backed Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria, Turkish President Erdogan angrily rejected international criticism of his military campaign and reiterated his threat to "open the gates" to allow millions of Syrian refugees to leave Turkey for western countries - unless Europe halts its criticism. European politicians slammed Erdogan’s warning and reacted sceptically to his resettlement plan.
Turkey has begun an assault on US-backed Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria to push the Kurdish militia away from the border and eventually allow the repatriation of up to 3 million Syrian refugees in a 'safe zone'. InfoMigrants answers important questions about Turkish President Erdogan's plans and the possible consequences for the region.
After a deadly fire underlined the dire conditions faced by refugees in Greek refugee camps, the continuing stream of arrivals is alarming EU authorities. What can Europe and Turkey do to find a solution?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has presented a plan to transfer at least two million refugees to an area in northeast Syria, saying that Turkey doesn't intend to host refugees forever.
Turkey is facing another refugee exodus as Syrian government forces close in on Idlib, the last rebel held enclave in the country .A summit in Ankara earlier this month attended by the presidents of Turkey, Russia and Iran ended in deadlock over Turkish efforts to end the Idlib siege.