国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Turkeys economic volatility could hit vulnerable Syrian refugees_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Turkeys economic volatility could hit vulnerable Syrian refugees

ANKARA, Aug. 28 -- Turkey's economic volatility and the currency tumble could affect living standard of millions of Syrian refugees in Turkey, as their vulnerable community would be among the first to suffer from a financial decline.

Over 3.5 million refugees are living in Turkey, more than any other country in the world, after having escaped the conflict that has continued for over seven years in neighboring Syria. The majority of these refugees live in cities and towns around Turkey, but less than 10 percent of them live in formal camps.

Meanwhile, there are at least half a million refugees from other parts of the Middle East and North Africa who also live in the country.

TURKEY'S HUGE EXPENDITURE ON REFUGEES

As of beginning of 2018, Turkey has spent 30 billion U.S. dollars for the refugees it hosts, according to a report from the Turkish parliament. The country comes in second after the United States on a list of most charitable countries in the world.

But many doubt if this could continue as Turkey's economy, the biggest of the Middle East, shows signs of worrying vulnerabilities amid an ongoing row with its NATO ally the United States over the detention of a U.S. pastor on charges of terrorism in western Turkey.

Both countries have imposed trade sanctions on each other and the U.S. President Donald Trump threatened with more severe measures as his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan shows for his part no sign of backing down, branding his country's currency turmoil as an "economic attack" emanating from the United States.