Turkey reinforces border to block any Afghan migrant wave
Afghans who manage to make the weeks-long journey through Iran on foot to the Turkish border face a three-meter high wall, ditches or barbed wire as Turkish authorities step up efforts to block any refugee influx into the country. The beefed up border measures in Turkey, which already hosts nearly 4 million Syrian refugees and is a staging post for many migrants trying to reach Europe, began as the Taliban started advancing in Afghanistan and took over Kabul last week.
A migrant family from Afghanistan, caught by Turkish security forces after crossing illegally into Turkey from Iran, is pictured in a room at a migrant processing centre in the border city of Van, Turkey on August 22. (Image: Reuters)
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Migrants from Afghanistan, caught by Turkish security forces after crossing illegally into Turkey from Iran, wait for registration at a re-patriation centre in the border city of Van, Turkey on August 22. (Image: Reuters)
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A Turkish Coast Guard boat returns from a patrol at Lake Van in the border city of Van, Turkey on August 22. (Image: Reuters)
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Migrants, mainly from Afghanistan, are seen after they were detained by Turkish security forces during an operation in the border city of Van, Turkey late on August 21. (Image: Reuters)
Turkish soldiers in armored military vehicles patrol along a wall on the border line between Turkey and Iran in Van province, Turkey on August 21. (Image: Reuters)
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Turkish commandos, with a wall on the border line between Turkey and Iran in the background, stand near a military post in Van province, Turkey on August 21. (Image: Reuters)
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A Turkish soldier stands guard at a military post in Caldiran on the Turkish-Iranian border in Van province, Turkey on August 21. (Image: Reuters)
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Migrants, mainly from Afghanistan, are seen after they were detained by Turkish security forces during an operation in the border city of Van, Turkey late on August 21. (Image: Reuters)
A Turkish soldier, with Iranian soldiers in the background, stands guard on the Turkish-Iranian border in Van province, Turkey on August 21. (Image: Reuters)
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Migrants, mainly from Afghanistan, are seen after they were detained by Turkish security forces during an operation in the border city of Van, Turkey late on August 21. (Image: Reuters)
