Syrische Flüchtlinge planen Karawane nach Europa

Nich zu ersten Mal planen Syrerinnen und Syrer einen koordinierten Marsch nach Europa. Das letzte Mal, im März 2020, führte dies zu heftigen Auseinandersetzungen an der türkisch-griechischen Grenze und danach baute Athen den Zaun am Grenzfluss Evros.

On und wie es diesmal ausgehen wird, ist offen, ebenso bräuchte eine solche Aktion zumindest die gutwillige Duldung der türkischen Regierung:

A group of Syrian refugees in Turkey is planning to form a caravan to reach the European Union, organisers said Saturday. 

Plans are being drawn up online via a Telegram channel, set up six days ago and followed by almost 70,000 people. Organisers are calling on people to bring sleeping bags, tents, life jackets, water, canned food and first aid kits.

"We will announce it when it's time to go," one organiser, a 46-year-old refugee who wished to remain anonymous, told AFP.

Some of the organisers already lived in the EU, he added.

Organisers say the caravan will be split into groups of up to 50 people, each led by a supervisor.

"We have been in Turkey for 10 years," read one message posted on the channel by an administrator. "We are protected... but Western countries must share the burden." 

There are 3.7 million Syrian refugees officially living in Turkey.