Turkey cannot bear the new refugee “burden” from Afghanistan, FM says | EU News

Mevlut Cavusoglu said that after the Taliban take over, Europe will also be affected by a wave of Afghan refugees.

Turkish Foreign Minister Kavusoglu said after the meeting with the German Foreign Minister that Turkey cannot bear the burden of the new wave of immigrants from Afghanistan, because worries about the new wave of immigrants still exist. Taliban takeover.

“As Turkey, we have fully fulfilled our moral and humanitarian responsibilities on immigration issues,” Cavusoglu said at a joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Heikomas on Sunday.

“We cannot bear the additional burden of refugees,” Cavusoglu said.

Events in Afghanistan Contributed to worry In the European Union, the refugee crisis repeated itself in 2015, with nearly 1 million people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and other regions, crossing from Turkey to Greece, and then heading north to richer countries.

In order to prevent the flow of refugees, the European Union reached an agreement with Turkey in 2016 to accept Syrians fleeing the war in their country in exchange for a multi-billion-euro refugee project.

Cavusoglu said that if immigration from Afghanistan turns into a crisis, Europe and regional countries will also be affected, and lessons should be learned from the Syrian refugee crisis.

Turkey currently hosts 3.7 million Syrian refugees, which is the largest refugee population in the world, in addition to approximately 300,000 Afghans. As it anticipates a wave of new immigrants from Afghanistan, it has been strengthening measures at the eastern border to prevent crossing.

Mas said that Germany is grateful for Turkey’s proposal to help operate Kabul Airport after NATO withdraws, and that Germany is ready to provide financial and technical support.

“It is in our own interest to ensure that the collapse of Afghanistan does not destabilize the entire region,” he said in a statement.

Mas is heading to Turkey, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Qatar to demonstrate Germany’s support for the countries most likely to be affected by the Afghan crisis.

Turkey’s neighbouring Greece has completed a 40-kilometer fence and surveillance system to prevent immigrants who still manage to enter Turkey and try to reach EU countries.