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On a narrow street in a slum area of downtown Istanbul a group of Iraqi men gather under the neon glow of a floodlight. This is the Kumkapi neighborhood, frequented by refugees and immigrants from Africa, Eastern Europe and now Iraq. As the situation continues to deteriorate in Iraq, more and more people, those who have the finances and physical ability, are choosing to flee the chaos and head into neighboring Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.
Once settled in these new countries, the refugees face incredible difficulties, not only fitting into a new culture, one which often does not welcome them, but the decision of whether to return to Iraq, stay where they are or attempt to illegally enter Greece in hopes of gaining EU citizenship.