Why does the European Union support Türkiye regarding Syrian refugees?

According to Webangah News quoted by Tasnim News agency, the EU Commission has promised to It will soon allocate a budget of one billion euros to support Syrian refugees living in Turkey. But some Turkish politicians are pessimistic and object to this behavior of Europe and believe that the continuation of this situation will cause Turkey more problems. that the allocation of a new financial aid of one billion euros by the European Union Commission for Syrian refugees or asylum seekers living in Turkey is an issue that clarifies the Union’s specific political and security approach to refugees.

From Ozdagh And his associates, one billion euros may be able to offset some of the heavy costs of education and health care, but the continued presence of refugees has many consequences for Turkey.

But there is another point of view. He is saying that, a significant part of the Syrian population living in Turkey not only pulls their blankets off the water and does not add anything to the burden of the government, but also boosts the Turkish economy both as cheap and expert labor and as investors and corporate activities. They forgive.

The difference of opinion about the negative and positive consequences of the presence of Syrian refugees in Turkey is such that the government formed by the Justice and Development Party and the opposition parties of Erdogan have two completely different and opposite views on this issue.

Erdogan’s government believes that the people of Turkey have demonstrated their humane and Islamic hospitality and immigrants should not be treated with a criminalistic and nationalistic perspective. But Erdogan’s opponents believe that he has turned the issue of Syrian refugees into a political playing card against Europe and seeks to use this card to put pressure on the West.

Whenever the European Union wants to criticize Turkey in the fields of politics, democracy and human rights, Erdoğan immediately declares that the presence of millions of Syrian refugees in Turkey is a heavy burden and Ankara may want to take part of this burden. put it on the ground and send it to Europe!

How does Europe view the issue of Syrian refugees?
The war in Syria has been over for years, but still a significant part of the consequences of the attacks of a wide range of extremist terrorist groups on this country remain. One of these bitter consequences is that still a quarter of the Syrian population left their homeland as refugees and asylum seekers abroad.

This huge population, nearly 4 million of them live in Turkey. But the evidence shows that the European Union is not particularly concerned about human rights due to the continuation of the unknown situation of Syrian refugees outside their hometown, and the only thing the Union thinks about is: Syrian refugees stay at the Turkish station and do not come to Europe!

The European Union Commission recently convened a meeting about Syrian refugees and published the results of the 8th Brussels Conference titled “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region” in a written statement.

In this statement, the European Union has announced a total of 2.12 billion euros in funding for Syria and the region for the years 2024 and 2025. 1 billion euros of this aid will go to Turkey and will be used to support Syrian refugees and vulnerable communities in Turkey. A small part of the said credits has also been allocated to the refugees living in Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. Because in the statement of Brussels, it has been announced that the financial support plan for the year 2027 has been reviewed and an agreement has been reached on its basic financial principles.

Official report of the commission The European Union shows that, at the request of 6 EU countries, a plan has been studied about allocating more financial aid to Turkey, and from the contents of this plan, it can be understood that the Europeans have built hundreds of schools and educational facilities for Syrian children and teenagers in Turkey, and in addition, for financing education, health and treatment, they have taken many and comprehensive measures.

But the interesting thing is that, as if based on an unwritten agreement, these issues are not discussed in the Turkish and European media and Erdoğan’s government pretends that the burden of the entire financial expenses of Syrian refugees is on Ankara!

A team of construction, education and health experts affiliated with the European Union Commission, a full operational budget of 6 billion euros for the set of urban infrastructure, health and education of Syrian refugees residing in Turkey, of which more than 5.3 billion euros have been paid so far.

The publication of the seventh annual report on the European Union’s facilities for asylum seekers in Turkey has shown that Europe In this area, it has fulfilled its obligations and has not left Turkey alone.

In addition, in the annual report, Turkey’s role in hosting Syrian refugees has been praised and in a part It states: Turkey’s geographic location has made it the first center for refugees and displaced persons and a transit point for immigrants. The country is making commendable efforts even in spite of the unprecedented influx of immigrants. Of course, Turkey has the support of the European Union in dealing with this challenge and in order to provide humanitarian aid to the refugees. EU aid is aimed at supporting refugees who are in vulnerable situations and our program is to work together to provide them with access to quality education, health, protection and livelihoods as well as other local services. The steering committee was formed by the European Commission and consists of representatives of EU member states, and in addition to monitoring, it is also responsible for providing advice to Turkey. The country currently hosts approximately 4 million registered refugees, of which nearly 3.6 million are Syrian. Other registered refugees are mainly from Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia. According to the number of registered refugees, Turkey is the country most responsible for the refugee crisis. This issue has had a significant impact on host communities and national budget resources. Therefore, since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, the European Union has provided the most financial aid, with a total of 10.9 billion euros.

Evidence shows that the EU is willing to accept It does not have Syrian refugees and other foreign asylum seekers and prefers to transfer the burden of this burden to Turkey by spending a small budget.

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