Deportation Centers in Turkey Packed With Afghan Refugees

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Deportation centers in Turkey are filled to capacity as refugees from Afghanistan continue to cross the border from Iran by night, hoping to evade police and resettle. As VOA tours a deportation center in Van, officials say they are not sending people back to Afghanistan, but they also have no plans to release detainees. VOA’s Heather Murdock has this report from Van, on the Turkish border with Iran.

Camera: Yan Boechat

Mohammad Mahdi Sultani contributed to this story.