US EditionIran's border with Turkey offers a way out, but few are leaving for good
Turkey has prepared camps and enhanced defenses along its border with Iran as over 2,000 travelers crossed on Wednesday, but most are transiting rather than settling.
- A land crossing near eastern Turkey's Van province is one of the few routes connecting Iranians to the rest of the world amid an airspace shutdown in Iran since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Tehran over a week ago, triggering war in the Middle East.
- Only a small number of Iranians who spoke to The Associated Press at the Kapikoy crossing said they planned to stay in Turkey to escape the war for an indefinite period.
- Turkey has been further enhancing its border defenses to be able to respond to a potential influx of people fleeing unrest after mass anti-government protests in Iran were met by a brutal crackdown in January.
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A border country of Iran, Turkey is home to an Iranian community of about 70,000 people who live at the rate of the offensive on their country. ...
The war in Iran fuels the fear of a new migration crisis in Europe. Experts see Turkey as a central role – as a "doorman" against possible refugees.
Kapikoy Border crossing into Turkey has become one of the few ways out of Iran during the war
A land crossing near eastern Turkey's Van province is one of the few routes connecting Iranians to the rest of the world amid an airspace shutdown in Iran since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Tehran.
In light of the military escalation in Iran, migration experts are warning of new waves of refugees heading towards Europe, but see the obstacles for migrants as significantly higher than in previous years. According to Daniel Thym, a migration researcher from Konstanz, Turkey plays a central role in this. Ankara has massively expanded its border fortifications with Iran and Syria in recent years and is now itself taking consistent action agains…
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