More Syrian refugees are on the border with Turkey

7,000 Syrian refugees have massed on the border with Turkey, waiting for more camps to be set up to accommodate those fleeing the fighting in Syria. AFP informs about this referring to a Turkish diplomat.

"5,000 refugees are waiting on Syrian side of the Oncupinar border crossing in Kilis province and 2,000 others at Reyhanli in Hatay province," said the diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity.

As Hurriyet Daily News informs more than 80,000 Syrian refugees are staying in camps along the border with Turkey but the existing camps are not adequate to shelter an influx of refugees fleeing the fighting in Syria.

The Turkish government had earlier said it could handle no more than 100,000 Syrian refugees and proposed setting up a UN buffer zone inside Syria to shelter them.

Clashes in Syria started since March, 2011 and according to the UN at least 17.000 people have already been killed as a result of the armed clashes.