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By Khalil Ashawi and Ali Kucukgocmen

Anger and fear among Syrians amid Turkish opposition's anti-immigrant campaign

An election campaign billboard of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition alliance, with a slogan that reads "Syrians will go!", is pictured, ahead of the May 28 presidential runoff vote, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 25, 2023. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Like many Syrians in Turkey, Ghaith Sameer is awaiting the result of Sunday's election runoff with trepidation, fearing a win for an opposition candidate who promises to swiftly repatriate migrants.

Sameer fled Syria's civil war in 2012 and is now one of over 3.4 million Syrians living in neighbouring Turkey, where economic woes have aggravated a rising tide of hostility that has washed into the presidential election.

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