The crossings alongside the mountainous 540km (335 mile)-border between Turkey and Iran are protected by a concrete wall, a barbed-wire-topped barrier that stretches for 140km (87 miles).
However that does little to cease hundreds of largely younger folks fleeing from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran yearly to depart battle, violence, and despair behind in seek for a greater life.
In response to the Turkish Ministry of Inside Normal Directorate of Migration Administration, some 53,176 migrants have been stopped thus far this 12 months till 16 June. The determine is half of the 122,302 registered final 12 months and a significant drop from the 454,662 migrants stopped in 2019.
Within the final 10 years, Turkey has change into some of the vital nations on the migrants’ path to Europe.
Many of the migrants flee their nations for related causes.
For Afghans and Pakistanis, battle and violence power them from their homelands.
For Iranians, they hit the street to Turkey – their principal entry level to Europe – dreaming of higher financial alternatives and escaping the oppressive authorities in Tehran.
However the route is fraught with peril and threat, with many becoming a member of the rising listing of victims of human trafficking within the area.
