Riots and clashes after the "forced" detention of Syrians in Turkey.. Video

"Marash" camp in southern Turkey witnessed, on Thursday night, protests and riots carried out by Syrian youths, after they were stranded during the past days, as part of the campaign launched by the authorities in more than one state, to "combat illegal immigration."

These protests developed into clashes "from afar" between these young men and riot police, which reached the vicinity of the camp, after some of the detainees managed to escape outside its walls.

Users on social media posted video recordings that showed dozens of Syrian youths gathering, chanting "angry" slogans, while riot police dispersed them with water cannons.

While young men spoke to the American "Al-Hurra" website that the protests were related to their "compulsory" detention in the camp, and in the absence of the situation they would be in, the state of "Kahramanmaras" issued a statement on Thursday, commenting on what happened.

And the statement stated: "At the beginning of the current month of June, new procedures were imposed regarding new temporary protection requests for Syrians, and accordingly the protection seekers were transferred to temporary residence centers."

The statement added that "some disturbances erupted at nine in the evening among a group of Syrians who were transferred to the Kahramanmaras temporary shelter, after which the units of law enforcement intervened and did what was necessary, and calm was restored to the camp, and there are no problems now."

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of Syrians are demonstrating in the "Maras" detention center in southern Turkey, in protest against the mistreatment by the Turkish authorities, such as depriving water and food and cutting off the internet.

The media reported that the Turkish security arrested hundreds of them in connection with the protests.

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Over the past two months, while the hostility to the Syrian presence in Turkey escalated, the authorities tended to impose stricter measures.

As a result, a series of security campaigns was launched in various states, targeting refugees who do not have official papers, or those whose restrictions belong to states such as Hatay, Gaziantep and Bursa and reside in the center of Istanbul.

Since last February, the new mechanism that the Turkish government has begun to implement regarding the Syrian file in the country has been remarkable.

At the time, Turkey's deputy interior minister and ministry spokesman, Ismail Çatakli, said that no tourist residence or temporary protection card would be granted to Syrians newly arrived in Turkey.

"We will not directly grant temporary protection status to newly arrived unregistered Syrians, from now on, and we will take them to the camps and interrogate them in the camps," Chatakli said, according to Yeni Şafak newspaper.

He explained, "We will see whether they need temporary protection or not, and for what reason they came," noting that "they will not allow migration movements again, so wherever someone is arrested in Turkey, he will be sent to specific camps and forced to reside in those camps, and obtain protection." temporary camp.

This was repeatedly emphasized by the Minister of the Interior, Suleiman Soylu, announcing a few days ago that illegal immigrants will be transferred to centers and camps, provided that their “general situation” will be evaluated later, and whether they are entitled to “temporary protection” or not.

He also said on May 11 that "the percentage of foreigners who can reside in neighborhoods will be reduced from 25 percent to 20 percent, starting from next July 1, adding: "Accordingly, 1200 neighborhoods will be closed to requests for residence."

Statistics published by the "Turkish Ministry of Interior" indicate that the authorities have deported 34,112 immigrants and refugees, who entered the country illegally since the beginning of this year.

The Ministry of Interior said in a statement, last week, that the step comes within the framework of combating irregular migration, stressing that inspections related to the arrest of irregular migrants are continuing with the utmost speed.

On the other hand, data published by the "Bab al-Hawa" border crossing indicated that the number of people deported from Turkey to Syria during the past month alone amounted to 1,222 people.

While in and during the month of April alone, the number of people deported through "Bab al-Hawa" was only 1,323.

The number of Syrians residing in Turkey, whether "refugees" or "tourists", exceeds four million.

The largest number of them is concentrated in the state of Istanbul, followed by the border state of Şanlıurfa, and the states of Gaziantep and Hatay.

Although the campaign launched by the authorities targets all Turkish provinces, the focus became clearer in Istanbul, where most arrests and "deportations" are confined.

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