Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Recep Tayyip Erdogan - Turkish politician and prime minister.

He was born on February 26, 1954 in Istanbul.

"The real burden on migration and refugees is borne by countries like us in neighboring areas of crisis, not developed societies that talk a lot," Erdogan said in a video message to the Global Parliamentary Conference on Migration. Istanbul.

Nearly 30,000 migrants, mostly women and children, lost their lives in the Mediterranean.

"Almost every day we witness the dramas of refugees, terrorized, robbed, beaten, even killed by Greek security forces," he was quoted as saying by BTA.

Erdogan noted that according to UN figures, high-income countries shelter an average of 2.7 refugees per 1,000 people, while middle- and low-income countries host 5.8 refugees.

More than 16,000 illegal migrants were deported by Turkish immigration authorities last year

"Those who use several hundred refugees as promotional material do not take any responsibility in the face of deepening humanitarian crises," the Turkish president said.

He stressed that in the last seven years, Turkey has been the country receiving the most refugees.

We will continue to fulfill this responsibility.

In this period, which is experiencing the greatest movement of people since World War II, no one can escape responsibility.

Until the international community shows the courage to come face to face with the problems underlying the issue of migration, it will not be possible to prevent this problem, Erdogan stressed.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey