30,000 Syrian babies born in Turkey's border provinces

A whole new generation of Syrian refugees is being born in Turkey, as the number of Syrians in the country heads toward 1.4 million Some 30,000 Syrian children have been born in Turkish cities where there are refugee camps since the beginning of the war more than three years ago. Another 30,000 Syrian babies are believed to have been born in various other provinces of Turkey.

As of August 2014, some 1,370,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in Turkey since the civil war began in Syria. Out of these, 220,000 people were accommodated in 24 refugee camps set up in 10 provinces.

According to a UNICEF report, 5.5 million children have been affected by the civil war in Syria; while 10,000 children have died. A total of 8,000 children have lost their parents and family in the civil war.

More than 1.2 million children, 450,000 of them in Turkey, have left their country to become refugees in neighboring countries.

220,000 refugees in camps

According to information provided by officials of the Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD), about 30,000 babies have been born in these camps or in the cities outside camps. The births of these children cannot be registered in their own countries, but AFAD recorded them so that they can enjoy some rights, especially basic health services. The children have also been provided identification cards.

On the other hand, there is no clear information about the number of babies born outside the refugee camps. Officials believe another 30,000 babies have been born to Syrian refugee families in other provinces of Turkey. 

The children born in camps have become hope for their families and most of them have been given the Arabic names for spring,...