After the European countries repeatedly appealed during the past days to the countries neighboring Afghanistan to open their doors to refugees fleeing the country, since the Taliban movement took control of the capital Kabul in the middle of last month (August 2021), Turkey confirmed today, Thursday, that it will not keep the Afghans who entered the country in exchange for Any European aid.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed, according to what was reported by the local TRT network, that his country is working to return refugees to Afghanistan safely.”
Also, he stressed that cooperation with the European Union “is not possible if he believes that he will pay money in exchange for keeping Afghan refugees on Turkish soil.” 95 percent towards Europe.”
As for Kabul Airport, he stressed that there must be an international force to secure it.
Afghan refugees (archive – AFP)
A new wave of immigration
The Turkish minister had warned last Tuesday during a press conference in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, of a wave of C Deidah to emigrate from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover. He said at the time, “There is an immigration crisis in the world and there may be a new Afghan wave of immigration, this is very possible.” It has reinforced security measures along its border with Iran to avoid any new flow of migrants from Afghanistan through Iran. in bearing the burdens of the displaced and those fleeing the country.
