[erikb]

You'r aware that the biggest EU nations made a deal with Turkey to take most of the refugees? Turkey doesn't do it for fun, but because they get paid for it.

I.e., if you want to thank anybody, thank the previous governments of western EU countries (not the current ones) that educated their public enough to force the governments into doing anything. Without fear of public opinion all countries would've just shut their borders.

[mustaflex]

Turkey took the refugees before the deal. The deal was to keep them from crossing the borders to Europe not to take them in Turkey.

[a_alakkad]

P.S. I'm not talking about people whom I respect, I'm talking about governments.

[a_alakkad]

Have you thought why EU nations paid Turkey for allowing refugees in, while not allowing them to enter the EU directly?

And why they keep arguing with Turkey to keep the sea borders block so refugees don't cross to Greece via sea?

[erikb]

Yes, I have. If you want to talk more about, please explain more what you want to talk about.

[a_alakkad]

I'd like to add also, that it's not just the government welcoming Syrians.

The people of Turkey are welcoming Syrians.

It's not about money, it's about acting like humans from both Government and People.

[utku_karatas2]

> because they get paid for it

promised to get paid for it. Yet to see a dime.

[erikb]

I haven't even thought about that. That may actually also be true and explains a lot why Erdogan is done with the EU.

[utku_karatas2]

EU and NATO have always been abusive partners to Turkey, that's why he's pulling out.

Actually calling them allies from Turkey's pov is outright a foolish thing to do, a better word would be "frenemies".

[the-dude]

This was only after some incidents. As far as I can remember, Turkey was already harbouring 1M+ Syrian refugees.

[low_battery]

Ah really? how many refugees are the going to take?

[erikb]

http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/syrian-refugees-turk...

The first few google results for "turkey takes refugees" are actually all quite helpful to answer your questions.

(This sounds more condescending than I mean it. It's not supposed to be a "please use google yourself" comment.)