Turkey, Syria and refugees: a 1940s lesson
İpek K Yosmaoğlu 15 October 2015
The experience of people in flight from genocide in Europe seventy years ago illuminates state failure today over Syrian refugees.
The Milka, a small, ramshackle ship docked in the port of Istanbul. Aboard are 240 refugees. Without permission to disembark, they wait as officials weigh their options and debate whether they should be granted passage through Turkey. Thanks to the combined efforts of the British and American governments, the refugees are allowed to leave the ship a day later, and escorted by police to the Haydarpasa station where they start their train journey to the safety of - Syria.
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