The crossing administration said on its official Facebook account that the number of Syrians deported by the Turkish authorities to Syria in February amounted to 1.486 people, including women, men and children.
The administration previously said that the number of deportees during January reached 1.325, according to what the administration posted on its official Facebook account.
On March 3, the administration of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing announced that more than 15.000 Syrians holding the Temporary Protection Card (Kimlik), had crossed from earthquake-hit Turkey into Syria after Turkey eased border-crossing procedures.
Turkey has repeatedly – and illegally – deported Syrian refugees under the pretext of violating asylum laws and not amending their data regarding the temporary protection ID card, also known as Kimlik.
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