{"id":187668,"date":"2016-02-07T07:47:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T07:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=187668"},"modified":"2016-02-07T07:47:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T07:47:47","slug":"eu-calls-on-turkey-to-let-syrian-refugees-cross-border-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/eu-calls-on-turkey-to-let-syrian-refugees-cross-border-2\/","title":{"rendered":"EU calls on Turkey to let Syrian refugees cross border"},"content":{"rendered":"
Officials in the EU have urged Turkey to let in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees trapped on its border at Kilis after fleeing fighting.<\/p>\n
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said there was a moral, if not legal, duty to provide protection.<\/p>\n
Turkey says the refugees are receiving food and shelter inside Syria and there is no need to allow them to cross.<\/p>\n
About 35,000 Syrians have fled a Syrian government offensive on rebel-held positions near Aleppo.<\/p>\n
Ms Mogherini said the EU was providing funding to Turkey to make sure it had the “means, the instruments, the resources to protect and to host people that are seeking asylum”.<\/p>\n