I explain in next tweets reasons surge in nbs of #Syrian refugees 2 EU. Recently I was in N-Syria &am in S.Turkey for 6 weeks among Syrians>
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Replying to @jenanmoussa
I'll state obvious reason first: After 4 years of war & w/ no end in sight, increasing nb of Syrians r sick &tired of war, want to leave >
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Replying to @jenanmoussa
> Secondly, more Syrians are leaving now because trip to EU is relatively safer & cheaper than last year. Ill explain more >
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Replying to @jenanmoussa
> Last yr most Syrians traveled from Turkey or Egypt to Italy, which cost $6000 p/p &is 1800 km trip by boat. This changed in 2015 >
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Replying to @jenanmoussa
In 2015 Syrians discovered Turkey-Greece-Balkans-EU-route. Cost not $6000 p/p but $2500. Not 1800km boat trip but from Bodrum only 6-20km >
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Replying to @jenanmoussa
@jenanmoussa When you say they discovered the Turkey-Greece route - they literally just found out about it? Or Turkey made it easier?6 replies 1 retweet 2 likes -
Replying to @jenanmoussa
@jenanmoussa interesting, thanks! Seem like Turkish govt now much more explicit in allowing people smuggling boats to be run from Turkey.2 replies 2 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @tomgara
@tomgara@jenanmoussa No, not really actually. Land borders are policed but Aegean sea has always been weakly policed.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
@tomgara @jenanmoussa What they haven't done is instigate a crackdown in face of surge in number of attempts. They still run some rescues.
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Replying to @zeynep
@tomgara@jenanmoussa The route refugees are taking now. Classic route of escape for political dissidents from Turkey. After 80 coup etc.1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @zeynep
@tomgara I think once rest of the route (GR-Macedonia-Serbia-Hungary-Austria-DE) worked and word got around as@jenanmoussa says.1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
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