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Jan 2025
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Omar Kadkoy on the future of Syrian migr...

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG
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Omar Kadkoy, foreign policy, security and migration program coordinator at Heinrich Böll Stiftung’s Istanbul office, on the future of Turkey’s Syrian migrant population after the fall of Assad. Developments in Syria have raised expectations that the millions of Syrians in Turkey will now return home. While some have already returned, the issue is very compl ... Show More
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