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Turkey to keep door open to Syrian refugees while curbing illegal migration

Published: 22 Jan 2016 - 06:41 pm | Last Updated: 15 Nov 2021 - 07:58 am
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BERLIN:Turkey is doing its best to stem illegal migration to Europe but will keep its “open-door” policy for refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday.

Davutoglu was speaking at a news conference in Berlin after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Some 2.2 million Syrians are now sheltering in Turkey.

(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; Writing by Ayla Jean Yackley; Editing by Nick Tattersall)

Reuters