Director of Communications Fahrettin Altun said, "The country that just suspended temporary protection and tear gassed migrants has no moral authority to speak of."
Altun shared a thread on his Twitter account, pointing out that Greece treated refugees horribly and then turned around to blame Turkey, and he added, “This is the kind of double standards and hypocrisy we have gotten used to over the years. The country that just suspended temporary protection and tear gassed migrants has no moral authority to speak of. The EU is trying to help Greece as they clearly think it is the new frontier that needs to prevent the ‘invasion’ of Europe by refugees. This is the kind of security-oriented approach Europe has adopted over the past 9 years."
Indicating that Europe and the international community must be mobilized to help with the continuing humanitarian suffering inside Syria, Altun said the regime continued to be belligerent and dangerous and must be stopped.
Altun noted that the international community must focus on its efforts on Syria not Greece.
Underlining that the European Union (EU)’s agreement with Turkey in 2015 aimed at preventing the refugee flows into Europe based on the same security-focused mentality instead of a humanitarian one, Altun also noted the following:
“Even then, the EU failed in honouring its commitments in terms of funding, visa liberalization among others. The refugee crisis ended for Europe when Turkey shouldered all the burden. In fact, the crisis had not ended but only its impact on Europe was limited thanks to Turkey’s efforts. The EU then acted as if everything was fine all the while ignoring the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria. We have had to adjust our refugee policy to shift resources away from prevention of migration to Europe toward focusing on IDPs and refugees coming from Idlib. We have mobilized our national economic and military resources. The EU is still only focused on migration into Europe.”