Turkey
threatens to unleash millions of Syrian Muslims on Europe (again) by Ann Corcoran 11/27/16
Invasion of Europe news….The
EU is between a rock and a hard place! Remember Turkey is not our friend (Obama’s, but not
ours)!
Unrelated (sort of) to this story, I
wanted you to see this data from the US State Department’s Refugee Processing
Center because I want you to know that the three top countries through which we
process refugees to the US are Kenya, TURKEY and Jordan. All three are
processing in mostly Muslim refugees. Data for the month of October only.
From the Irish Times: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned the European Union
that his country may wave through up to three million migrants to Europe as
Ankara reacted furiously to Thursday’s vote in the European Parliament calling
on Turkey’s accession negotiations to be frozen.
Mr Erdogan said that Turkey could
row back on the migrant pact signed with the EU in March, which has
dramatically reduced the number of refugees entering the EU through Turkey.
Three kindred spirits changing the
world order, undermining Western Civilization: President Barack Obama, Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel
As a condition of that deal, the EU
promised to accelerate Turkey’s accession talks and consider granting visa-free
access to Turkish citizens to Europe.
But concerns about the Turkish
government’s increasingly authoritarian stance, as it clamps down on dissenters
following July’s failed coup, has sparked calls for Turkey’s accession talks to
be suspended.
Speaking in Istanbul on Friday, the
Turkish president accused the EU of “betraying its promises”. “If you go any further, these border gates will be opened,” he said,
describing the parliament vote as a “dry threat”.
If Turkey opens its gates, I predict
Erdogan should expect the so-called ‘anti-immigration’ parties to win big! So,
his threat, if carried out will not help his case.
Elections are looming in a number of EU countries next year, including
France, Germany and the Netherlands, with anti-immigration parties expected to
poll strongly. As a result, incumbent governments
are unlikely to want to commit to granting 78 million Turkish people visa-free
access to Europe. More here. Our ‘Invasion of Europe’ archive is here.
On the Refugee Processing Center where the US State Department
keeps the data on who is coming in to the country through the RAP, we have
found that important parts of the site are unavailable again and we hope it is only a Thanksgiving
weekend anomaly. Notice how the new site has become an advocacy-oriented site. This is the sort
of thing a new Secretary of State must know about and be ready to change!
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