The UN refugee agency UNHCR today said that urgent help is needed in Turkey to care for 130,000 Syrian refugees who have crossed the border in recent days.

According to the UNHCR, this was the largest influx in such a short period since the start of the civil war in Syria in 2011.

The Kurdish refugees are running fearing fatal attacks by Islamic State (IS) militants, who have gained control of large areas of Iraq and Syria.

Reports claim that IS fighters are closing in on the Syrian town of Kobane and the capture of this town would give the jihadists complete control of the area.

It is to be noted that Turkey was already finding it tough to cope with more than a million Syrian refugees who have fled Syria since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began.

Carol Batchelor, the UNHCR's envoy in Turkey, said that the movement of such huge number of refugees would make situation tough for any country.

And the worse thing is that Kurds from Syria are seen as deeply hostile to Turkey. For 30 years, Turkish forces are fighting Kurdish rebels in a civil war that killed 40,000 people.

Turkey has expressed fear that Kurds will cross into Syria to join the Kurdish militia and they can be used by banned PKK to launch attacks on Turkish soil.

Batchelor called for "increased solidarity and international assistance" for those flooding across the border.

"The situation is deepening. It's becoming protracted. People are desperately in need," she added.