2024-11-21T15:28:44-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149994211/turkey-completes-more-than-half-of-317-mile-long-syrian-border-wall Orhan Ayyüce 2017-02-27T19:33:00-05:00 >2022-03-16T09:10:02-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2o/2oqnfimmuopa9bzo.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Seeking to stem migration to Europe, the EU has remained largely silent about the wall's impact on people seeking asylum</p></em><br /><br /><p>Welcome to the age of walls.</p><p>Turkey has completed more than half of a planned 511-kilometer wall along its border with Syria. The government says it will improve security, but rights groups warn refugees fleeing war will be stuck on the Syrian side.</p><p>Turkey has erected 290 kilometers (180 miles) of a planned 511-kilometer (317 miles) "security wall" along its border with war-torn Syria, local media reported on Sunday, quoting the head of the body building the structure.</p>