A migrant woman sits as a baby sleeps at an abandoned building in Edirne, near the Turkish-Greek border on Friday, March 6, 2020. JAMES CARAFANO: EUROPE NO LONGER WELCOMING REFUGEES – SOME LIKELY CARRY CORONAVIRUS
The mass movement of migrants and refugees to Greece’s borders appears to be organized. Buses, cars, and cabs were organized in Istanbul to ferry people to the border, while some of those who managed to cross have said they were told by Turkish authorities to go to Greece and that the border was open.
Reuters cited estimates that say Turkey has 3.6 million Syrian refugees within its borders, since signing a 2016 deal with the E.U. to act as a gate to Europe in return for billions of euros of aid from the bloc. The March 2016 deal said that Turkey agreed to stop migrants and refugees crossing into Europe in return of $6.6 billion and enhanced EU-Turkey ties, including visa-free travel for Turkish citizens.
There are signs that the situation is steadily worsening at the border between Greece and Turkey. On Friday, migrants clashed with authorities, with Greek riot-control police firing tear gas and water cannons to keep them back.
With Erdogan opening the gates to Europe, the consequences could be enormous for the continent and it is striking panic into the hearts of European leaders.
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The 2015 migrant crisis was sparked by an influx of Syrian refugees onto the continent, as well as migrants from elsewhere in the Middle East and Africa. The shockwaves led to significant social and political upheavals across the continent, including the election of a number of populist and nationalist governments who pledged to limit the number of migrants coming into their countries.
“This, I dare to say, will be our last chance. Europe cannot fail twice,” European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said this week
Fox News’ Lucia I. Suarez Sang and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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