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The Grand Turk
123 migrants flee center in Turkey after fire breaks out
2016-11-21
Soon to be seen at a migrant registration center in Europe.
[Ynet] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
's interior ministry says that 123 migrants colonists being held at a repatriation center in Istanbul have fled in the chaos that ensued after a fire broke out.

The ministry said in a statement that Saturday's fire was set by some of the migrants colonists.

All rooms were vacated and the inmates were brought to an assembly area, from where 123 people fled during the ensuing chaos.

Authorities have detained 20 runaways and are searching for the rest.

Three foreigners who were hospitalized after the fire are all in good condition. An investigation has been launched into the employees who allowed flammable materials in the center, and they have been suspended.

The state-run Anadolu Agency says the majority of the migrants colonists were Afghan and Pak nationals.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Barbarians they supposed to cover with foil until about the last half hour duh!
Posted by: Goober Wittlesbach5685   2016-11-21 13:10  

#3  I blame Trump.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-11-21 12:42  

#2  Homeless in Turkey with winter imminent. Sad.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-11-21 07:10  

#1  Gee, that really sucks...
Posted by: Raj   2016-11-21 00:32  

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