Turkey's Erdogan threatens EU with new migrant influx

[rangerrebew]

Turkey's Erdogan threatens EU with new migrant influx
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By Stuart Williams (AFP)     6 hours ago in World

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened Friday to open Turkey's borders to allow migrants to reach the EU, in a move that would tear up a landmark deal that has reduced the flow.

Erdogan's comments, some of his toughest in recent times against the European Union, prompted an immediate warning from Germany which helped broker the deal that such "threats" were unhelpful.

The threat came a day after the European Parliament angered Ankara by backing a freeze in EU accession talks, already hit by alarm over its crackdown in the wake of the July 15 failed coup.

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[Fishrrman]

If Western Europeans were smart (which they ain't), they'd immediately push for an Israeli-style border barrier on the borders between Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey.

The border isn't that long and such a barrier could be easily constructed and enforced.

[geronl]

It was obviously a fake coup, a self-coup, used as a pretext

[Cripplecreek]

It was obviously a fake coup, a self-coup, used as a pretext

Yup, Edrogan is islamist scum and has no goal beyond Turkey becoming the capitol of the caliphate again.