Turkey Says Refugee Burden Unsustainable

Turkish officials said they will be unable to cope with any new influx of refugees from the civil war in Syria, warning that Europe could be faced with growing numbers of Syrians trying to reach its shores aboard people-smugglers’ boats. “Turkey has reached its total capacity for refugees. Now, there is talk that a new wave of refugees may emerge … and it would put the EU face to face with more migrants," said Volkan Bozkir, Turkey’s European Union Affairs minister during a trip to...

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