immigration and asylum system was meant to be rewarding those that have money in their pocket at the expense of those without at the expense of those without a real and genuine need to come and seek sanctuary somewhere. many of the big smuggling gangs are based here in turkey. thousands of people arrange theirjourneys thousands of people arrange their journeys to the thousands of people arrange theirjourneys to the uk from istanbul. it is the centre of a global refugee crisis. no one really knows how many refugees there are in turkey. official figures put it at around 5 million, but unofficially, it could be as high as 10 million. and that makes turkey the country with the most refugees in the world. istanbul is a gathering point for refugees