That’s led to a host of issues for Obulqasim, incl forced deportation back to China, where he faces torture, imprisonment, potentially death. #Uyghurs severely persecuted in #China

A look at China’s new front in its war against the Uyghurs

#humanrights

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But if conflict continues, could be looking at a very serious migration crisis

Impossible to predict the future. Plus so many variables

So far only a small increase of crossings by Iranians was reported into neighbouring countries - ie Turkey, Armenia, Iraq.

In southeastern Turkey, 50 to 100 more vehicles than normal were crossing – not a flood

#Iran pop 92m

GDP per capita higher than that of #Syria; more people in general, plus more people w financial means/family links abroad to #migrate

So if the Syria scenario holds (just as a reference), we're looking at 23m Iranians fleeing abroad

How #Europe's tight border enforcement & anti-smuggling policies are backfiring. Instead they're making smuggling gangs more powerful & putting refugees at even greater risk of exploitation, violence

2nd in a series from the Balkans, @telegraphnews.bsky.social

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This activity isn’t reflected in official data that indicates a drop in irregular #border crossings — simply because it’s going undetected by the authorities.

Read/watch:
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#migration #smuggling #borders

Human smuggling has adapted quickly to #Europe’s tighter #border controls. Now, smugglers are moving smaller groups of people at a time and using encrypted apps to avoid surveillance. They even sometimes use coded language to talk about their ‘business.’ No wall is too high to tackle, so they say.

Along the Serbia-EU border, we shadowed a group of #smugglers and #migrants preparing to cross — illicitly, and in secret.

^^My first dispatch @telegraphnews.bsky.social in a series on human #smuggling through the Balkans

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More to come…

2/ Nearly 2,000 mostly young people were detained during the March protests against the arrest of #Istanbul's mayor, #Imamoglu. 819 are facing charges in 20 investigations - many arrested in dawn raids, held for weeks without trial. Often, their “crime” was just being present.

4/ A Chinese-made Hikvision camera was spotted at a major Istanbul rally. It matches a model listed in a Turkish interior ministry document - capable of detecting 120 faces simultaneously.

5/ In late 2024, Turkey's police bought 3,500 facial recognition cameras and 278 servers. In 2025, more contracts and tenders followed - including one for 13,000 new cameras, published just a day before the mayor’s arrest.