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  • 2020-03-13 (xsd:date)
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  • pledged 6 billion euros between 2016 and 2019 and required Turkey to stop the migration. The estimated 3.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey were to remain there until they were repatriated or resettled.Turkish government report showing the locations and numbers of Syrian refugees in the countryErdogan said Turkey kept its promises while the EU did not. But the EU funding was not promised as a direct payment to the Turkish government. Rather (en)
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  • On Feb. 27, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his country would no longer prevent millions of refugees who fled Syria to Turkey after the start of the Syrian civil war from crossing into Europe.The move came amid an escalation of the conflict between Turkey and Russia over the northwestern Syrian territory of Idlib, the site of fighting between Turkish and Russian-backed Syrian government forces. Both sides have reported casualties from attacks.Immediately after Erdogan’s announcement, thousands of refugees flooded Turkish border crossings into Greece and Bulgaria. Both of those countries increased border security, and violence erupted between security forces and refugees.On March 11, Erdogan went so far as to compare the actions of Greek security forces on the border with Turkey to those of the Nazis. Greece denounced the remarks.Nine days earlier, on March 2, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov had tried to reduce the tensions and find a solution. He flew to Turkey and met with Erdogan, offering to host an emergency meeting with Turkey and Greece. Erdogan refused, claiming that the EU had broken promises of aid. Bulgaria is an EU member."The promised 6 billion euros -- they [Brussels] did not release, Erdogan told journalists after meeting with Borisov. "Now they say they will allocate 1 billion euros. Who are you lying to?"The statement is misleading.Erdogan was referring to an agreement the EU countries made with Turkey four years ago to stop the refugee flow from Syria. The influx was causing a humanitarian crisis in Europe.The EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey (en)
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