four people 23 people were killed and 23 injured when a truck carrying illegal immigrants crashed in Eastern Turkey early Monday. everyone of The victims are illegal immigrants of their nationalities unknownwhile the driver It was also among the wounded.
the incident in Adilcevaz, live of Eastern Bitlis County, when it occurred driver He allegedly tried escape Security forces at a checkpoint and ran into a pile of soil, causing the truck to capsize.
The media reported that there were 26 illegal immigrants inside the truck, which was accommodating of 12 passengers. Security forces also Two suspects arrested in a car Escort the truck. These were the suspects who . said driver Take an alternate route when you see the checkpoint.
The victims have been rushed to nearby hospitals, while the accident is under investigation.
Adilcevaz . is located in a region Where illegal immigration has been going on issue via Turkey borders with Iran. Although she doesn’t lie on the border like Neighboring Van County, Bitlis has its fair share of Illegal immigrants, mostly from Asia countries, especially from Afghanistan. Like in Van, immigrants use Bitlis as a gateway to other provinces in Western Turkey and in In most cases, they seek to cross into Europe countries Across the country’s western borders, by sea or land.
Fewer fatal accidents involving migrants common in The region Manal fatal flights to Greece via Aegean sea on Boats from Turkish beaches. distance, in 2020: 61 migrants were killed when a boat carrying them capsized in Lake Van, which is Adilcevaz also coastal for.
Turkey has seen an increase recently in refugees, particularly from Afghanistan. Fears increased over a possible spike in Immigrants from Afghanistan due to the US withdrawal from the country after two decades.
within range of Fighting Irregular Migration, 243 km (151 miles) concrete walltopped up with Barbed wire is erected and surrounded by trenches along Turkey’s 534-kilometer border with Iran. Turkey is not the only country that puts up barriers. Its neighbor Greece has completed the construction of a 40-kilometre fence and observation post system to reserve out immigrants who They are still able to enter Turkey and try to reach the European Union.
Authorities say there are 182,000 registered Afghan immigrants in Turkey and up to an estimated 120,000 unregistered. in a letter last yearPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Europeans countries to take responsibility for Which new flow, warning That Turkey has no intention of To become the “Immigrant Storage Unit in Europe”.
