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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
World
Dorian Jones

Turkey continues to host more refugees than anyone else, but for how long?

A Syrian refugee walks at Islahiye refugee camp in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, on April 3, 2012. © REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Turkey's re-elected president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is standing by his policy to give shelter to millions of refugees. Bordering Syria and spanning Europe and Asia, Turkey is the world's biggest host of people seeking international asylum – but public unease over the policy could threaten that.

Syrian refugees who fled to Turkey lost their homes, their country, and in some cases, their limbs.

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