The Afghan Influx and Turkey
With the US withdrawal, the Taliban quickly seized most of the country and Afghans took to the road once more. The article assesses the impact of the Afghan migration wave on Turkey.
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Migration routes, asylum, residence and work rights, integration and the diaspora: analysis and guides for those building a new life in Europe.
With the US withdrawal, the Taliban quickly seized most of the country and Afghans took to the road once more. The article assesses the impact of the Afghan migration wave on Turkey.
Neither the government nor the opposition has made any solution-oriented statement in the face of the influx of Afghan asylum seekers. The author argues that the unmanaged crisis is leaving the street to cheap nationalism.
Afghans are one of the world's largest groups of asylum seekers. The article uses figures to assess the causes and meaning of the Afghan migration reaching the Turkish border via Iran.
To reduce the number of asylum seekers, Greece resorts not only to legal means but also to pushbacks based on violence and coercion. A PUGAT exclusive documents what is happening at the border.