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Post Neon Knight Fri 13 Sep - 0:11

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7431931/Turkish-President-threatens-open-gates-Europe-unless-receives-support-refugees.html  Quoting:

Turkey plans to resettle a million refugees in northern Syria and may re-open the route for migrants into Europe if it does not receive adequate international support for the plan, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.

Turkey, which hosts 3.6 million Syrian refugees, controls parts of north Syria where it says 350,000 Syrians have already returned. It is setting up a 'safe zone' with the United States in the northeast where Erdogan said many more could be moved. 'Our goal is for at least one million of our Syrian brothers to return to the safe zone we will form along our 450 km border,' Erdogan said in a speech in Ankara.

The comments come as Turkey mounts pressure on Washington for further concessions on the depth and oversight of the planned safe zone in the northeast, and as it comes under increasing pressure in Syria's northwest Idlib region where a Russian-backed government offensive has pressed north.

Only a small minority of Syrians in Turkey are from the northern strip roughly proposed for re-settlement, according to Turkish government data.

'We are saying we should form such a safe zone that we, as Turkey, can build towns here in lieu of the tent cities here. Let's carry them to the safe zones there,' Erdogan said. 'Give us logistical support and we can go build housing at 30 km (20 miles) depth in northern Syria. This way, we can provide them with humanitarian living conditions.' This either happens or otherwise we will have to open the gates,' Erdogan said. 'Either you will provide support, or excuse us, but we are not going to carry this weight alone. We have not been able to get help from the international community, namely the European Union.'

Under a deal agreed between the EU and Turkey in March 2016, Ankara agreed to stem the flow of migrants into Europe in return for billions of euros in aid. However, the number of migrant arrivals in neighbouring Greece spiked last month. A week ago, more than a dozen migrant boats carrying 600 people arrived, the first simultaneous arrival of its kind in three years.

Last month, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said only 17 per cent of refugees in Turkey hail from northeast regions controlled by the U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, which Ankara considers a terrorist group. Of that region, the proposed safe zone would cover only a fraction. Last week, senior Syrian Kurdish official Badran Jia Kurd said it is necessary to re-settle refugees in their home towns. 'Settling hundreds of thousands of Syrians, who are from outside our areas, here would be unacceptable,' he said of the north east.

In Idlib, where Turkey has troops and where Ankara in 2017 agreed with Moscow and Tehran to reduce fighting, months of renewed conflict intensified in recent weeks and raised prospects of another wave of refugees at Turkey's borders. After a truce collapsed in early August, the Russian-backed Syrian army has gained significant ground against rebel forces, some of whom are backed by Turkey.

Nicholas Danforth, Istanbul-based senior visiting fellow at the German Marshall Fund, said warning about refugees in the context of the safe zone allows Erdogan to pressure both Europe and the United States at once. 'What seems clear is that it would be impossible to settle that many refugees in any zone achieved through negotiations with the United States and the YPG,' he said. 'This looks like an attempt to build pressure for more U.S. concessions on the safe zone, where some refugees could then be resettled for purposes of domestic (Turkish) public relations.'




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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51721356 Quoting:

The head of the European Commission has sent a strong message of support to Greece in its attempts to stop migrants crossing its border from Turkey. "Our first priority is to ensure order is maintained at the Greek external border, which is also a European border," Ursula von der Leyen said. She promised Greece, which she called a "European aspida [shield]", €700m (£608m; $780m) in financial aid.

Turkey lifted controls on migrants exiting for the EU on Friday. It took the decision after suffering a heavy military loss in north-west Syria, where it has been trying to create a safe area to resettle millions of Syrian refugees it took in during the ongoing civil war.

At least 24,000 people have been stopped from crossing the border from Turkey since Saturday, according to Greek government figures. Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz has accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of using the migrants as pawns. He also announced that his government had strengthened Austria's borders to make sure the mass influx of refugees and migrants of 2015 was not repeated.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is due to visit Ankara to discuss Turkey's decision to drop restrictions on migrants, abandoning a deal struck in 2016 . . .

"The Greek worries are our worries," [von der Leyen] told reporters at the Kastanies border crossing. "This border is not only a Greek border but it is also a European border and I stand here today as a European at your side... We have come here today to send a very clear statement of European solidarity and support to Greece... I am fully committed to mobilising all the necessary operational support to the Greek authorities." She added that she wanted to express her "compassion for the migrants that have been lured through false promises into this desperate situation".

Charles Michel [European Council chief] said it was very important as to protect Europe's borders but also to show respect for international law. He called on Turkey to keep to the 2016 agreement. Defending his tough line on maintaining the border, Prime Minister Mitsotakis said Greece could not and would not be "blackmailed". "This is no longer a refugee problem," he said. "This is a blatant attempt by Turkey to use desperate people to promote its geopolitical agenda and to divert attention from the horrible situation in Syria."




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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/giant-fans-blow-tear-gas-back-into-turkey-22hkwd0vr  Quoting:

Greek forces deployed giant fans along the country’s land borders with Turkey to blow back smoke and tear gas used to give cover to migrants trying to cross into Europe.
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The turbines were part of a strategy to prevent some 500 migrants from bursting through the Evros crossing before Turkey closed its borders to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

Last month President Erdogan of Turkey lifted border controls, saying he would no longer stop migrants and refugees from trying to reach Europe. This raised tensions with Brussells and Greece, as more than 150,000 people have massed on the border, staging almost daily clashes with Greek police, allegedly with the help of Turkish guards.




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