The United Nations’ demand from Turkey to open its border to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees massed on its border has prompted a stern response from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who accused the world body of being ineffective over the refugee crisis and not shouldering the burden like Turkey.
“The event taking place in Syria has now turned into a deportation, genocide. It is exemplary that those who regard refugees as bogeymen have turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to the [Syrian President Bashar al-]Assad regime, which is the reason for this problem. What does the United Nations say? ‘Open your door to those massed at your door.’ What are you for then? What is your use? Is it that easy?” Erdoğan asked on Feb. 10.
“We have taken 3 million Syrians and Iraqis into our home. How many did you take? Which country took them in?” he asked, adding that the U.N. had provided $455 million to Turkey compared to the $10 billion Turkey had spent on the refugees since 2011.
Without openly naming them, Erdoğan quoted foreign officials as saying, “Bring your project, we will give support.”
“The project, the income, the camps, everything is in the open. They are personally coming, seeing and visiting and still saying ‘Bring a plan, bring a project and bring a thingamajig.’ Give it up, are you mocking us?” Erdoğan asked...
[hurriyetdailynews.com]
10/2/16
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