{"id":6937,"date":"2019-07-31T22:23:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T21:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6937"},"modified":"2021-12-06T11:46:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T10:46:41","slug":"turkey-threatens-to-reignite-european-migrant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2019\/07\/31\/turkey-threatens-to-reignite-european-migrant-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Threatens to Reignite European Migrant Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2019\/07\/31\/turkey-threatens-to-reignite-european-migrant-crisis\/turkey-migration-crisis\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6938\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6938\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/turkey-migration-crisis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/turkey-migration-crisis.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/turkey-migration-crisis-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Turkey has threatened to re-open the floodgates of mass migration to Europe unless Turkish nationals are granted visa-free travel to the European Union.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Turkey Threatens to Reignite European Migrant Crisis<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/14624\/turkey-threatens-migrant-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | July 31, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Turkey has threatened to re-open the floodgates of mass migration to Europe unless Turkish nationals are granted visa-free travel to the European Union. The EU agreed to visa liberalization in a March 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2016\/03\/18\/eu-turkey-statement\/\">EU-Turkey migrant deal<\/a> in which Ankara pledged to stem the flow of migrants to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>European officials insist that while Turkey has <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/home-affairs\/sites\/homeaffairs\/files\/what-we-do\/policies\/european-agenda-migration\/20190318_eu-turkey-three-years-on_en.pdf\">reduced<\/a> the flow of migrants, it has not yet met all of the requirements for visa liberalization. Moreover, EU foreign ministers on July 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2019\/07\/15\/turkish-drilling-activities-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-council-adopts-conclusions\/\">decided<\/a> to halt high-level talks with Ankara as part of sanctions over Turkish oil and gas drilling off the coast of Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bu0BKHv5Uqc\">interview<\/a> with Turkish television channel TGRT Haber on July 22, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut \u00c7avu?o?lu said that Turkey was backing out of the migrant deal because the EU had failed to honor its pledge to grant Turkish passport holders visa-free access to 26 European countries. \u201cWe have suspended the readmission agreement,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will not wait at the EU\u2019s door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/14624\/turkey-threatens-migrant-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey has threatened to re-open the floodgates of mass migration to Europe unless Turkish nationals are granted visa-free travel to the European Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[9,195,200],"class_list":["post-6937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-union","tag-europe","tag-migration-crisis","tag-turkey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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