Interactive State of EmergencySyrians in Turkey: The Human Smuggler and the Young RefugeeAfter earning $800,000 in 2015 by sneaking migrants into Turkey, a smuggler says he has left the guilt and complications of his business behind — mostly. Turkey has also made it harder for smugglers to work, detaining men like Abu Mohammed for several weeks last year. Like most of them, Abu Mohammed is more complex than journalists and politicians usually suggest in their portrayal of the human-smuggling industry. He is among a dozen Syrian refugees furiously scrubbing root vegetables in this field in western Turkey. But a majority of Syrian refugees are in fact stuck in countries like Turkey, which hosts more Syrians than any country other than Syria itself.

Source: New York Times March 24, 2017 03:56 UTC