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Maddy Mussen

How London’s Syrian and Turkish communities are helping earthquake victims from afar

University College London volunteers raised £4,600 in a single day from a bake sale

(Picture: UCL BRC/Instagram)

A mournful quiet prevailed in the Turkish communities of London this week after one of the deadliest earthquakes in recent years hit Southern Turkey and Northern Syria, killing nearly 12,000 people.

The death toll keeps rising and World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said operations aiming to rescue further survivors are now facing “a race against time”.

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