One British Pound has reached 45 Turkish Lira… A country whose currency has appreciated this much has now become a destination for Turks, not just Middle Eastern migrants, to jump on a boat and emigrate.
I am not saying this; the data from the UK Home Office says it. It has been announced that the number of migrants arriving in the UK by crossing the English Channel in boats and dinghies has increased by 18 percent compared to last year, reaching 13,489.
The interesting part of these statistics is the proportion of Turks among those entering the country by boat…
In the first half of this year, 18 percent of those arriving in the country irregularly are Afghan. 13 percent are Iranian, 10 percent are Vietnamese, and 10 percent are Turkish!
Even the Syrians, whom we say should not come, follow our migrants at 9 percent.
We get angry that they don't give Schengen visas to Turks, but isn't it thought-provoking that we are in the same ranking as Afghans, Iranians, and Vietnamese in terms of illegal migration?
The UK announced that 133 thousand people have risked death to enter the country using this method since 2018. 70 percent of these individuals are men…
Wouldn't one ask: what is the difference between men who get on an inflatable boat, risk death, cross the English Channel, and set out on a journey of hope, and the Afghan male migrants who come to Turkey by walking through mountain paths?
Former UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman had made an interesting observation regarding migrants. In summary, Braverman stated that migrants who come to the UK by these means, even risking death, do not adapt to social life, commit crimes, fall into the hands of criminal gangs, and that those who embark on this journey by disregarding their own lives could resort to all kinds of illegal activities to change their standard of living.
Sounds very familiar, doesn't it? What did the proverb say: 'stick the needle into yourself, the skewer into others'…
We are raising hell because Europe won't give us visas, but it seems everyone has their own valid reason.
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