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Allegations that 30 young Syrian boys were raped in a refugee camp in Turkey have been made in a new report.

The children, aged between eight and 12, were forcibly assaulted for many months from September 2015 until the start of this year, according to BirGün , a left-wing Turkish newspaper.

The Nizip Refugee Camp in Antep, which is a temporary home for 14,000 refugees fleeing the war in Syria, is the site of the alleged abuses, and has played host in the past to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.

The alleged rapist, named only as EE, was working as a cleaner in the camp, about 30 miles east of the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, according to the newspaper.

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Reports were made by eight families, although it's claimed there may have been others who were worried about starting a legal challenge in their situtation.

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EE has reportedly accepted the allegations and offered a confession, revealing that he paid the children two to five Turkish Lira - between 47 pence and £1.17 - before raping them in the toilets .

Although EE is now being held before a trial takes place, blame is being levelled at the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) which runs the camp.

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A high ranking military officer from the camp told BirGun: “AFAD is responsible of the camp and for this disaster."

When Chancellor Merkel visited Nizip with a delegation including high ranking Turkish government figures last month, it was praised for its standards.