As the gateway to Europe…

Turkey has more migrants and refugees cross its border than any country in the world.

Since 2011, Turkey has been flooded with millions more refugees… fleeing the Syrian Civil War.

With Turkey's system overwhelmed, migrants from countries other than Syria have little chance of being resettled anytime soon…

Leaving refugees from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Sub-Saharan Africa, and elsewhere…

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Stuck.

The Game

Since Europe closed its borders, smugglers coordinate mass crossings into Greece.

The System

Jean-Christian Paka thought his fight for survival was finally at an end.

The Golden Case

LGBTQ refugees like Amirhossein Zolghadri say they’re being offered lucrative sums to help with fake resettlement claims.

The Search

A man's quest to find his missing family takes him through a grim tour of Turkey's coastal morgues.

The Network

In Turkey’s satellite cities, refugees have to work together to survive.

The Survivor

He offered her a ride home, took her to an apartment, and attacked her.

The Patient

For Karrar, resettlement out of Turkey was a matter of life and death.

The Revolving Door

Turkey is increasingly detaining and deporting “irregular” migrants. Some of them are refugees.

Stuck.

Stuck follows the journeys of migrants through Turkey's two-tiered immigration process, and reveals the complex system faced by non-Syrians as they try to start new lives in Europe.

Stuck is a project of the International Reporting Program, based at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism.