A lake in Turkey has become a death trap for Afghan, Pakistani and other migrants
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A lake in Turkey has become a death trap for Afghan, Pakistani and other migrants seeking security and work. Lake Van, a vast body of water nearly seven times the size of Lake Geneva, now speaks of are gravestones scribbled with identity numbers are all that remain of dozens of migrants aboard a boat that sank in a Turkish lake as they struggled to make it to Europe. The sinking of two boats in June and December killed 68 people.
