Seven Syrians face deportation from Turkey after posting videos of themselves eating bananas to mock poor people on social media amid wider complaints about the supposed “lifestyle of refugees.”
The seven, plus a Syrian minor, were detained in the western city of Izmir on Friday, Demirören News Agency (DHA) said. Earlier in the week, Turkish migration authorities said another seven foreign nationals were to be processed for deportation for related reasons.
Videos of people purporting to be Syrians eating bananas have sprung up since footage from an online news outlet emerged on Oct. 17 showing an argument on an Istanbul street between a young Syrian woman and a group of Turks.
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