Istanbul, Dhu-AlHijjah 04, 1436, September 18, 2015, SPA -- Turkey has spent 7.6 billion dollars on caring for 2.2 million Syrian refugees since the civil war began in 2011, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Friday, according to dpa. Since the beginning of the year, the Turkish coastguard rescued 53,228 migrants attempting to reach Europe, Kurtulmus said, according to a report by broadcaster NTV. Turkey officially noted the deaths of 274 migrants in its waters this year, the minister said at a government coordination meeting on Syrian refugees in Ankara. --SPA 15:18 LOCAL TIME 12:18 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w