Bus accident carrying irregular migrants
in Van, in eastern Turkey, left twelve dead and 26 wounded on Saturday evening, the Van prefecture announced Sunday as quoted by local media.
Eleven migrants and a person who organized their clandestine transport died in the accident, said the prefecture of Van.
One of the crossing points for migrants
The 26 injured people were taken to hospital and the owner of the bus was arrested, the same sources added. Close to the Iranian Turkish border, Van is one of the crossing points for migrants. A boat, which carried migrants on Lake Van, was wrecked in July 2020, killing 60 people.
In this province bordering Iran, where tens of thousands of Afghans, Iranians and Pakistanis arrive each year, more than 80 migrants lost their lives in 2020, compared to 59 in 2019. Turkey is the country. one of the main transit countries for migrants seeking to reach Europe.