These Syrians are homeless now

Reuters Published June 13, 2011
A Syrian refugee is seen in a refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Boynuegin.
A Syrian refugee is seen in a refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Boynuegin.
Syrian refugee children look out of a window of a bus as they are driven to the Turkish border.
Syrian refugee children look out of a window of a bus as they are driven to the Turkish border.
A Syrian child stands in Altinozu refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Altinozu.
A Syrian child stands in Altinozu refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Altinozu.
Refugees walk between tents at a refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Yayladagi.
Refugees walk between tents at a refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Yayladagi.
A Syrian child sits at Altinozu refugee camp.
A Syrian child sits at Altinozu refugee camp.
Syrian refugees hold banners and chant slogans at Altinozu refugee camp. Banner (2nd L) reads ?Protect Jisr al-Shughour from Bashar al-Assad. Thanks to Turkey-Erdogan?.
Syrian refugees hold banners and chant slogans at Altinozu refugee camp. Banner (2nd L) reads ?Protect Jisr al-Shughour from Bashar al-Assad. Thanks to Turkey-Erdogan?.
A Syrian child gestures behind the fence of Yayladagi refugee camp.
A Syrian child gestures behind the fence of Yayladagi refugee camp.
Refugees are seen behind the fence of Yayladagi refugee camp.
Refugees are seen behind the fence of Yayladagi refugee camp.
Syrian refugee children look out a window of a bus.
Syrian refugee children look out a window of a bus.
People wait to cross into Turkey in a rural area on the Syrian side of the border zone between the two countries.
People wait to cross into Turkey in a rural area on the Syrian side of the border zone between the two countries.
Refugees are seen standing behind the fence of a refugee camp.
Refugees are seen standing behind the fence of a refugee camp.
Syrian refugees are seen at Yayladagi refugee camp.
Syrian refugees are seen at Yayladagi refugee camp.
A Syrian living in Jordan shouts slogans against Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad during a demonstration in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman. The word on her hand reads: ?Freedom?.
A Syrian living in Jordan shouts slogans against Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad during a demonstration in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman. The word on her hand reads: ?Freedom?.
A Syrian living in Jordan shouts slogans against Syria's President.
A Syrian living in Jordan shouts slogans against Syria's President.
A Syrian protester is silhouetted behind a Syrian flag during the demonstration in Amman.
A Syrian protester is silhouetted behind a Syrian flag during the demonstration in Amman.

Syrians poured across the border to refugee camps in Turkey, fleeing a military crackdown that sent elite forces backed by helicopters and tanks into a northern town that was spinning out of government control. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey would not close its doors to Syrian refugees and urged the government there to curb violence against civilians. – Photos by Reuters

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