LONDON, Sept. 22 -- Amnesty International UK issued the following news release:

The Turkish authorities must ensure that the country's borders are kept open to those fleeing conflict and human rights abuses in Syria and Iraq, said Amnesty International this afternoon.

Turkey has begun to close some of its border crossings with Syria after 130,000 Kurdish refugees poured into the country in recent days fleeing the advance of the Islamic State armed group.

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