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Turkey criticises U.S. statement on resettlement of Afghans
WHTC ^ | 8/3/2021 | Reuters

Posted on 08/03/2021 7:43:10 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan

Turkey on Tuesday criticised a U.S. program to offer potential resettlement to Afghans who may be targets of Taliban violence due to their U.S. affiliations, saying the move would cause a “great migration crisis” in the region.

The U.S. State Department on Monday announced a new program under which thousands more Afghans will have a chance to resettle as refugees in the United States. Afghans in the progam would have to make their own way to a third country, where they will wait 12 to 14 months for their application to be processed.

A senior State Department official said Washington had been in discussion with neighbouring countries on potential outflows, adding it was important that Pakistan’s borders with Afghanistan remain open, while others might travel to Turkey via Iran.

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement it rejected a reference to Turkey as a migration route for Afghans, and added that Turkey – the world’s leading host for refugees with more than 4 million migrants – would not “undertake a new migration crisis on behalf of a third country”.

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1 posted on 08/03/2021 7:43:10 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
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To: Right Wing Vegan

We do not want or need more muslim immigration.
If you feel the need to relocate them, make it somewhere else, not here.


2 posted on 08/03/2021 7:45:37 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Right Wing Vegan
If Turkey has 4 million refugees from other countries -- which I don't doubt because of the war in Syria, then they have a point.

Then again, they're the Turks. So screw them.

3 posted on 08/03/2021 7:45:48 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Afghans have been killing each other for centuries when there are not infidels to kill.


4 posted on 08/03/2021 7:47:15 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Right Wing Vegan

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but the Turks are right. Our idiotic government shouldn’t be encouraging a wave of migration from Afghanistan.

The Afghans need to stay in their country and fix it.


5 posted on 08/03/2021 11:02:32 PM PDT by nyc1
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