Turkey begins to get international aid for Syrians

International aid for Syrians fleeing Damascus’ crackdown has begun to arrive in Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said April 13 amid concern over the growing numbers of refugees flooding over the country’s borders, Hurriyet Daily News reports.

“We will start getting international aid, and in fact we have already started” after the numbers of refugees turning up at the Turkish-Syrian border starting swelling, Davutoğlu told reporters in Istanbul. Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh visited his Turkish counterpart to exchange views on the ongoing crisis in Syria.

There are 25,000 Syrian refugees that have fled to Turkey and 100,000 refugees that have fled to Jordan so far, Davutoğlu said. “There is an increasing [number] of Syrian refugees fleeing to both Turkey and Jordan recently, so we have reviewed the possible measures to be taken and possible international mechanisms that can be mobilized if the number of refugees increases rapidly,” Davutoğlu said.