Turkey: Refugees set deportation centre on fire, escape (video)

Around 50 refugees have escaped from a repatriation centre in central Istanbul after starting a fire inside the building, according to Turkish media.


The men, most of them reportedly from Afghanistan and Pakistan, burned furniture on the third floor of the building in Kumkapi district protesting over poor living conditions, Turkish national daily Hurriyet said on Saturday.

Video footage from the scene, published online by Turkey's state-run Anadolu agency, showed refugees taking advantage of the commotion caused by the fire, with dozens of them bursting open the building's main gate and scattering into the district's back streets.
 [aljazeera.com]
 19/11/16
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