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The brutal journey of Afghan migrants escaping the Taliban to reach the UK

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67% Informative

Azaan broke his arm when he jumped across a 20ft ( 6 m) drop into a wide trench below a wall in Turkey from Iran .

The wall was built to prevent illegal crossings, and is patrolled constantly by Turkish border forces.

'Here we are dying every moment. It’s better to die once, for good," he tells the BBC .

Sistan-Balochistan is one of the major routes taken by Afghan migrants to enter Iran .

Many are now opting for other routes, in particular, Islam Qala in Afghanistan ’s Herat province.

The BBC has put the allegations to the governments of Turkey and Iran but has not yet received a response.

According to the UN , Afghans are among the top asylum seekers in the world.

This year has been the deadliest year for migrant crossings across the Channel .

More than 50 people have died crossing the Channel this year .

Back in Kabul , Azaan wants to sell a small patch of land, the only asset he has left, to gather money to make another attempt.

VR Score

66

Informative language

60

Neutral language

57

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

32

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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