Unintended Consequences: Merkel's Reliance on Turkey Makes Life Worse for Refugees
By Peter Müller, Maximilian Popp and Christoph Schult
The construction of a security wall along the border between Turkey and Syria: Increased controls mean that many trying to escape Assad's barrel bombs are unable to get out of the country.
Chancellor Angela Merkel asked Turkey to help reduce the number of refugees coming to Europe. But instead of closing its Aegean coast to migrant smugglers, Ankara shut its border with Syria, making it difficult for those threatened by the war to leave.
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