Unwelcome Refugees

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his country may reopen the route for refugees and migrants into Europe if it does not receive adequate international support to enable it to cope with the millions of refugees in Turkey. "This either happe…

Turkey "will be forced to open the gates" to Syrian refugees fleeing to Europe if international powers did not create a "safe zone in Syria for them instead, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan told party officials on Thursday. "We cannot be forced to hand…

Earlier this year, the Turkish president said that his country had spent $35 billion on hosting about 4 million Syrian refugees under a deal with the European Union, which he accused of failing to comply with the agreement. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo…

ANKARA: Turkey plans to resettle 1 million refugees in northern Syria and may reopen the route for migrants into Europe if it does not receive adequate international support for the plan, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday (Sep 5).  Ankara, which host…

ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Turkey may have to open the route for migrants into Europe if Ankara does not receive sufficient international support to deal with Syrian refugees. In a speech in Ankara, Erdogan also said Turkey…

Avramopoulos said he would like to see members of the EU bring far more “vulnerable” migrants directly from refugee camps in various African countries saying: “I call on all Member States to step up their resettlement efforts and implement their commitments t…

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Dozens more refugee children could risk their lives making the dangerous crossing from France to Britain if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, charities have warned. The current system of transferring asylum-seeking children in the EU to join family member…

YORGO KIRBAK- Athens In a sign that the Syrian refugee problem is worsening, 13 boats filled with 547 refugees landed on Greeces Lesbos island on Aug. 29 the biggest since the height of the crisis in 2015-16. The refugees, including 246 children, 177 men and…

ISTANBUL Turkish authorities reported a seven-fold jump in the number of migrants attempting the dangerous sea crossing from Turkey to Greece in August. This month to Aug. 28, 7,834 migrants and refugees were intercepted at sea, according to the Turkish Coas…