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| [Photo belonging to the same article - 15/04/2013 - Copyright Jodi Hilton/IRIN] |
NIZIP, 15 April 2013 (IRIN) - On a small piece of land beside the
rushing Euphrates River, 908 white, prefabricated container homes sit
surrounded by double-barbed wire fences and guard towers.
Each one - with two rooms, two windows, a door and a small bathroom - is meant to accommodate a family.
Nizip 2 Container City is one of two new Turkish camps opened recently to accommodate the swelling number of people fleeing the violence in neighbouring Syria. Both camps reached their capacity - together, 15,000 people - within one month.
Across the border, about 50,000 displaced Syrians are living in makeshift camps, including thousands who have arrived recently due to intensified violence in al-Raqqa governorate. Most of them are waiting to enter Turkey, which says it currently accepts between 500 and 1,500 refugees per day, but struggles to find room for them.
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