Turkey's refugee scam...

Turkish government allows African migrants easy access to Europe’s borders


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As if Europe’s refugee burden wasn’t crushing enough, the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, reported recently that Turkey is deliberately adding fuel to the spreading fire.

According to the Telegraph, the European Union border agency, Frontex, is claiming that Turkey is responsible for an upsurge in African migrants illegally crossing the Turkish border into the Balkans. The agency noted “a threefold increase in Africans” arriving by this route “in the three months to June.” The Sub-Saharan African states of Ghana, Cameroon and Congo were cited as examples of source countries, refugees from these states having risen four, six and nine times respectively.

“In total it (Frontex) detected some 4,071 Africans out of 54,437 illegal border crossings,” the Telegraph states.

Frontex is partially blaming Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s national carrier, for the African upsurge. The airline, which claims it flies to the largest number of destinations worldwide, has opened “a raft of new routes to Africa” as part of a “commercial strategy.”

“It (Frontex) notes how the carrier now has the largest network in Africa, nearly doubling its weekly seat capacity from 38,000 to 70,000, and planning to open six new destinations,” writes Telegraph journalist Matthew Holehouse.

African economic migrants and genuine refugees are taking advantage of the Turkish Airlines’ widespread presence in Africa to fly to Istanbul. From there, they set out on foot for the Bulgarian or Greek borders, a walk of a couple of hours. Once across, they are Europe’s problem.


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