Via The Guardian [16.10.2018] – With tension mounting in Idlib, people trying to flee across the border are being given the choice of detention or waiving their right to asylum
![The Syrian town of Atimha, at the border wall between Turkey and Syria.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7df6f5e8bb09d2677496264532821f4b3c699303/0_29_3500_2100/master/3500.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=56df21fdca2f79b3ebf5bf29e30262c5)
Tareq* can recall in detail each of the 22 times he climbed over the concrete border wall, dodged a flurry of bullets, and sprinted as fast as he could – until Turkish border guards caught him and turned him back.
*Names have been changed to protect identities