Turkey's refugees, Syrians and refugees from Turkey: a country of insecurity

Sirkeci, I ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2334-7424 2017, 'Turkey's refugees, Syrians and refugees from Turkey: a country of insecurity' , Migration Letters, 14 (1) .

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Abstract

The European Union has faced one of its biggest crises with the rise of population inflows through its Eastern and Southern neighbours as well as movements within the Union. In 2016, the main debate that dominated Europe was on restricting migration within and into the EU along with concerns and objections to the refugee quota systems and the sharing of the burden among member states. Turkey emerged as a ‘gate keeper’ in this crisis and has since been at the centre of debates because of the large Syrian refugee population in the country and billions of Euros it was promised to prevent refugees travelling to Europe. The Syrian crisis produced over 4.8 million refugees with over 2.8 million were based in Turkey by the end of 2016. Turkey with its generous support for Syrian refugees has been confirmed as a ‘country of security’. This shadows the darker side of affairs as the very same country has also produced millions of asylum seekers since the 1980 military coup. Current circumstances and fresh evidence indicate that there will be more European Union bound refugees coming through and from Turkey.

Item Type: Article
Schools: Schools > Salford Business School
Journal or Publication Title: Migration Letters
Publisher: Transnational Press London
ISSN: 1741-8984
Depositing User: Ibrahim Sirkeci
Date Deposited: 17 Nov 2022 13:34
Last Modified: 17 Nov 2022 13:34
URI: https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/65506

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