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conscience and shameful to slam doors shut in the faces of people fleeing
death, or to supinely wait for U.N. approval before letting them in or
to demand sending them back.

The Turkish people will never accept such ruthlessness by saying
"Great, now we can keep everything to ourselves" after closing the door on
those fleeing for their lives. Those who say, "Let us not admit any more
refugees, and send them all back" need to make what it is they are
proposing clear. Will these people have food to eat in the place they

return to? Will they have a place to stay? Most important of all, are there
places ready for them to live in safety? Or do they simply want to send
them back to a hell on earth? Have they found a solution for their prob-
lems or are they simply being heartless? First of all, those calling for
repatriation of our Syrian brothers must give the Turkish people the
answers to these questions; otherwise, those who send them back will
be responsible for their deaths. Telling a refugee to "go back home" means
nothing less to hand him over to murderers and say, "Here you go, kill
him at your earliest convenience." If that happens, those who say "let us

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