Turkey Has Spent Nearly $8 Billion Caring For 2.2 Million Syrian Refugees

 

Turkey, which hosts the world's largest refugee population, has so far spent $7.6 billion caring for 2.2 million Syrians who have fled strife there, a Turkish deputy prime minister said on Friday Sep 18,2015

 

Turkey has been on the front lines of the biggest refugee crisis since World War Two. It shares a 566 miles border with Syria and has adopted an "open-door policy" towards those fleeing the civil war, now in its fifth year.