Refugees, homeless brace for winter amid COVID-19 in Istanbul

The refugees and the homeless in Istanbul are facing a harsh winter amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A video shared on social media showed dozens of people sleeping on the streets in the cold weather.

Sunday November 29 2020 10:34 am

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The refugees and the homeless in Istanbul are bracing for a difficult winter amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Istanbul.

Dozens of people sleeping on the streets were seen in a video shared on social media late on Nov. 28.

İstanbul’da sokağa çıkma yasağı ile birlikte evsiz kalan vatandaşlar görüntülendi | Türkiye genelinde yarın (29 Kasım Pazar) saat 10.00'a kadar sürecek sokağa çıkma kısıtlaması nedeniyle onlarca evsiz insanın alt geçitlerde uyumaya çalıştığı görüntüler yayınlandı. pic.twitter.com/adUlg3IrqC
— Yaşar Usta (@yasarustaportal) November 28, 2020

The footage from Istanbul's Saraçhane showed the homeless and refugees struggling to warm themselves away from sights in an underpass since a curfew had been in place throughout the night.

Istanbul Municipality teams took those sleeping on the streets to a hotel after the video went viral.

Saraçhane'deki evsiz vatandaşlarımız az önce İBB Zabıta ekipleri tarafından otellere yerleştirildi. pic.twitter.com/lGueL2Qxws
— İstanbul Gönüllüleri (@gonulluist) November 28, 2020