Thousands of refugees trapped in Edirne - expect to spend in Greece
Thousands of refugees trapped in Edirne - expect to spend in Greece is growing wave of refugees trapped in Edirne, Turkey. Estimates peripou2.000 people are in this city in the northwest, and expect to spend in Greece. Indeed, oitopikes authorities in Edirne warn that there will be violence if refugees are not soon leave the city.
Moving to the land border
By using force threatened the governor of the region, Dursun Ali Sahin, referring to refugees who for days arrive by different means from Constantinople in order to cross the Greek-Turkish or voulgarotourkika border destination European countries, the ratios of deadly shipwrecks in the Aegean.
Turkish authorities blocked the Istanbul bus station, located 250 km .. There, hundreds of people besiege transport companies to board buses.
Some managed to reach Adrianople by private car or even on foot. They gathered in the bus station and a mosque in the city, under the close supervision of gendarmes that preclude them from approaching the border.
Erdogan: The only solution to settle the conflict in Syria
The settlement of the conflict in Syria is the only solution to stop the wave of refugees from that country to Europe, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"The solution to the problem of refugees can not be to close the door to these people or put barbed wire on the border. The challenge is actually to stop the conflict in that country as soon as possible, "said Erdogan in a speech in Ankara.
"These people want to stay home. But it has become impossible due to the state (...) we can not remain spectators when the corpses of refugees washed up on the shores of the Mediterranean or the Aegean, "he continued.
Erdogan called once again on the international community to mobilize to ousted from power by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"A solution to the Syrian problem is to drive to drop the regime of the tyrant in power and replaced by a government that respects the will of the people and the realities of the region," he said.
Erdogan reiterated his proposal, which was rejected by Westerners, to create in northern Syria a buffer zone for the reception of displaced persons, in order to "offer help within their own country to those who knock on Europe's door."
Turkey hosts on its territory two million Syrians who have fled their country to escape the war that has been raging since 2011.
Bulgaria will come under pressure at its borders
Bulgaria, which so far has avoided becoming a transit hub for the thousands of immigrants trying to reach Western Europe passing through the Balkans, announced today that it is prepared to face increased pressures on its borders with Turkey.The Sofia considering sent troops to the border in order "to ensure their supervision," explained the director of Border Police, Antonio Angelov. "We must be ready, watching what happens to our neighbors," he said.
Bulgaria, which is an EU member since 2007, has built a fence of wire length 30 kilometers along its border with Turkey. For several months plans to extend the fence him at 82 kilometers, but the start of the project has been delayed significantly.
Thousands of refugees trapped in Edirne - expect to spend in Greece is growing wave of refugees trapped in Edirne, Turkey. Estimates peripou2.000 people are in this city in the northwest, and expect to spend in Greece. Indeed, oitopikes authorities in Edirne warn that there will be violence if refugees are not soon leave the city.
Moving to the land border
By using force threatened the governor of the region, Dursun Ali Sahin, referring to refugees who for days arrive by different means from Constantinople in order to cross the Greek-Turkish or voulgarotourkika border destination European countries, the ratios of deadly shipwrecks in the Aegean.
Turkish authorities blocked the Istanbul bus station, located 250 km .. There, hundreds of people besiege transport companies to board buses.
Some managed to reach Adrianople by private car or even on foot. They gathered in the bus station and a mosque in the city, under the close supervision of gendarmes that preclude them from approaching the border.
Erdogan: The only solution to settle the conflict in Syria
The settlement of the conflict in Syria is the only solution to stop the wave of refugees from that country to Europe, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"The solution to the problem of refugees can not be to close the door to these people or put barbed wire on the border. The challenge is actually to stop the conflict in that country as soon as possible, "said Erdogan in a speech in Ankara.
"These people want to stay home. But it has become impossible due to the state (...) we can not remain spectators when the corpses of refugees washed up on the shores of the Mediterranean or the Aegean, "he continued.
Erdogan called once again on the international community to mobilize to ousted from power by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"A solution to the Syrian problem is to drive to drop the regime of the tyrant in power and replaced by a government that respects the will of the people and the realities of the region," he said.
Erdogan reiterated his proposal, which was rejected by Westerners, to create in northern Syria a buffer zone for the reception of displaced persons, in order to "offer help within their own country to those who knock on Europe's door."
Turkey hosts on its territory two million Syrians who have fled their country to escape the war that has been raging since 2011.
Bulgaria will come under pressure at its borders
Bulgaria, which so far has avoided becoming a transit hub for the thousands of immigrants trying to reach Western Europe passing through the Balkans, announced today that it is prepared to face increased pressures on its borders with Turkey.The Sofia considering sent troops to the border in order "to ensure their supervision," explained the director of Border Police, Antonio Angelov. "We must be ready, watching what happens to our neighbors," he said.
Bulgaria, which is an EU member since 2007, has built a fence of wire length 30 kilometers along its border with Turkey. For several months plans to extend the fence him at 82 kilometers, but the start of the project has been delayed significantly.
