Turkey, the Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Changing Dynamics of Transit Migration

IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2013, pages 278-281
European Institute of the Mediterranean

Franck Düvell *

Turkey is virtually surrounded by troubled neighbours: the volatile regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean. This combination makes the country a logical destination for travellers, migrants and refugees both from these neighbouring countries and from many other parts of the world, including Somalia, Bangladesh and Algeria.

* Senior Researcher, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) University of Oxford

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