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Turkey 'denying educated Syrians' travel to Germany
http://www.thelocal.de/20160621/turkey-wont-let-syrians-travel-even-with-german-visasPublished: 21 Jun 2016 11:15 GMT+02:00
Syrian refugees in Turkey who have already received visas for Germany and even booked their flights to leave are being denied exit permits by Turkish authorities - the last step of the process to leave the country.
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Der Spiegel previously reported that Turkey has been telling its immigration authorities not to allow highly-educated Syrians to leave. And the UN Refugee Agency has warned Turkey not to refuse the travel of educated Syrian engineers and doctors.
According to Spiegel, Turkey has instead been sending refugees to Europe who have serious medical conditions or little education.
Turkish officials also reportedly acknowledged at a meeting last week that highly-qualified people “of a high political level” should not leave the country, and that they check the professional qualifications of people when considering their requests to travel, EU sources told DPA.
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