Syrians under Temporary Protection by Province (Top 10) September 2017

September 2017

migrants and 62,206refugees are stranded

in mainland Greece and its islands as of

2 August 2017.

as of 3 October 2017. In Sept. 2017 alone

people made the journey.

crossed to the Greek islands people 22,398

Syrians have been resettled to the EU

from Turkey as of 6 October 2017.

returned to Turkey since April 2016 as part of the

EU-Turkey Statement as of 6 October 2017.

In 2017,

people were 1,361

people have diedwhile trying to cross

to Greece.

24

have been apprehended in Turkey in September 2017

as of 26 September. The majority were from Syria, Afghanistan,

Pakistan, Iraq and Iran.

irregular migrants20,335

people were apprehended2,930

In September 2017,

10,203

people along its borders. The majority of apprehensions occured at the Syrian border (%68.0).

Land Forces apprehended approximately70,000

In September 2017 alone Turkish Landthrough Cilvegözü gate in Hatay and

through Öncüpınar gate in Kilis,did not return to Turkey after

Eid visit.

Syrians who crossed60,000

Syrians who crossed20,000

Turkish Coast Guards in all seas,

in the Aegean Sea alone.

In September, were apprehended by the

3,408 people

There are over 3.5 million asylum seekers and

refugees in Turkey as of 14 September. In addition to

3,208,131 Syrians, there are refugees from mainly

Afghanistan (145,000) Iraq (140,000) and Iran (32,000).

According to IRIN, recently reports of people being intercepted in the Black Sea have proliferated. North of Turkey

on the Black Sea, some 834 refugees and migrants were apprehended

and 10 smugglers were detained in seven incidents between mid-August

and early September 2017.

According to IOM,

Istanbul: 511,380

Urfa: 445,584Hatay: 416,589Gaziantep: 341,649Mersin: 166,332

Adana: 165,028Kilis: 128,306

Bursa: 123,376Izmir: 117,434

Mardin: 95,431

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