Migrant graves in Turkey testify to border perils
There are people who were on the run and couldn’t settle in any nation all the time they were alive and unfortunately, with the ongoing war, these people don’t even have access to the grave after being dead. Just plain concrete gravestones painted with a number and the word “Afghan” were seen against all those unidentified migrants who died trying to enter Turkey through the rough mountainous border with Iran. People have died escaping from conflict or poverty, mostly from Afghanistan but also from other countries in the region. Thousands of people even succumbed after exposure to extreme weather whereas others died being the victim of unfortunate accidents as their smugglers crammed people in trucks and boats. People who were not identified were buried in dirt lots in special sections of cemeteries near the borders of Iran. Their grave markers bear as well which states their nationality or date of death if it is disclosed or known. An official said that during the ...