Monday 16 December 2013

Erdogan: Let Us Flood Your Countries or We Won't Take Back Our Own Citizens.

It's a funny thing that you wouldn't think possible: a country refusing to take back its own citizens who entered another country illegally. However, given the intrinsic nature of Islam to invade, infiltrate & usurp, it should not be surprising that this is what the rapidly Islamising state of Turkey has been doing, regarding Turks entering Greece illegally.

They have now agreed to take back their own errant citizens, in an accord signed in Ankara, in exchange for the EU allowing Turks to flood in legally. Words fail. This report from Al Arabiya today:

Turkey signs EU migrant pact, eyeing visa talks

Turkey on Monday signed a long-awaited deal with the European Union to repatriate those who enter the bloc illegally from its territory, in exchange for talks on visa-free travel for its citizens.

The EU has committed to ensuring visa-free travel for Turkish citizens in 2017 at the earliest in return for Turkey signing the agreement.

"The gateway to Europe without a visa will now be open," said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, promising that Turkey would fulfill its obligations.

The EU wants Turkey, a crossroads between Europe and Asia, to take back thousands of illegal migrants who have crossed its borders into Greece, the EU's eastern frontier.

The deal had stalled in 2012, with Turkey refusing to sign as the EU would not commit to starting negotiations on the visa-free travel regime applied to other candidate countries.

The country of 76 million resumed talks to gain entry into the EU in November after a three-year freeze.

Turkey's efforts to join the EU formally started in 2005 but stalled due to several stumbling blocks including a territorial dispute with member Cyprus and opposition from heavyweights France and Germany.

However, democratic reforms and Turkey's key role as neighbor to Syria in global efforts to avoid crisis in the Middle East have helped move forward Ankara's drawn-out campaign to force open the EU door.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu signed the accord with the 28-nation bloc's home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom during a ceremony in Ankara.

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