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Turkey-Bulgaria Border, From Iron Curtain To Refugee Gateway

A Syrian refugee detained at a border police station in Bulgaria
A Syrian refugee detained at a border police station in Bulgaria Jodi Hilton/NurPhoto/ZUMA

People escaping the Communist bloc used to try to cross from Bulgaria into Turkey. Now, immigrants, including many refugees from the war in Syria, cross the other way.

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