Fields in eastern Turkey are increasingly crowded with refugees from Afghanistan as those who fled the Taliban takeover of Kabul begin to trickle in after weeks of travel across Iran. Meanwhile, the Turkish government is working to secure its borders to prevent more refugees from entering the country. For VOA, Yan Boechat has this visual story from Van, Turkey, and the Turkish border with Iran.
Exhausted, Hungry and Hurt: Afghans Seek Refuge in Turkey
- By Yan Boechat
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Turkish authorities say they have been tightening eastern border controls since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan to prevent a large influx of refugees, near the Turkish border with Iran, Aug. 30, 2021.
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This Afghan boy's legs were torn up by barbed wire as he crossed the border from Iran into Turkey, but he is too afraid of arrest to seek medical help, in Van, Turkey, Sept. 1, 2021.
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This graveyard in Van, Turkey, holds the bodies of refugees who died trying to cross into Turkey, Sept. 1, 2021.
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Refugees from Afghanistan can be seen in the hills and fields of eastern Turkey, Sept. 1, 2021.
