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Over 1,000 Syrians flee to Turkey in 24 hours-UNHCR

09 Jun 2011 08:53 Source: Reuters // Reuters

  • 1,577 peopled lodged in Turkish camp

  • PM Erdogan says to keep gates open

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GUVECCI, Turkey, June 9 (Reuters) - Over a thousand Syrians have fled across the border into Turkey to escape violence in the last 24 hours and taken refuge in a tent camp there, a U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman said on Thursday.

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