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takeover, concern over the potential impact is growing -- fuelled by festering resentment over refugees already sheltering in the country.
Turkey hosts 3.7 million Syrians, the world’s largest refugee population, and the mood has soured in recent weeks as social media videos allegedly showing Afghans entering by the hundreds unhindered sparked outrage.
Officials say around 300,000 Afghans are also currently in Turkey -- some have been there for several years. They include an estimated 120,000 unregistered people, although the opposition say the number is far higher. Gravestones for those who have died after crossing the border scatter a cemetery in the city.
While President Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party have defended accepting millions of Syrians who fled conflict in their country, they have said a new wave would not be welcome.
"Turkey ... cannot handle another burden of migration stemming from Syria or Afghanistan," Erdogan said on Wednesday.
He has also warned EU leaders that Turkey will not be a "migrant storage unit" for Afghans trying to reach Europe.