Turkey can’t handle new refugee wave: Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that his country cannot handle a “new refugee wave” from Syria, adding that the fresh influx would be “felt by all European countries”.

Speaking at an awards ceremony here on Sunday, Erdogan said more than 80,000 people from Idlib had fled to areas near the Turkish border amid heightened bombardments from Syrian and Russian forces, reports the BBC.

“If the violence towards the people of Idlib does not stop, this number will increase even more. In that case, Turkey will not carry such a migrant burden on its own,” he said.

“The negative effects of this pressure on us will be an issue felt by all European countries, especially Greece,” he added. (IANS)

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