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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

Foreword by The President of the Republic of

Türkiye, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

The migration debate is one of the most important
issues in the world today, especially in European
countries. Although migration and refugee issues
take a primary place on the agendas of many
governments and international organizations, we
see that the issue is discussed mainly on the axis of
security.
The efforts of racist groups in the West to draw a
parallel between refugees and terrorist events have
begun to influence increasingly broader segments of
society and, in particular, politicians.

Evaluating the issue of refugees and migration only
Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN
as a matter of security is causing great damage to
President
the human conscience. However, it is first of all
necessary to reveal the impetus that has led to this
humanitarian crisis, which has forced people to abandon their
homes, their homelands, their loved ones.

If there is no force majeure, no one throws himself, his family, or
his cherished children into rough waves on a flimsy boat and runs
the risk of living in inhuman conditions.

Our Turkish Coast Guard Command has saved over 130,000
migrants from drowning in the sea in the last 2 years and has
brought them to our country. If millions of people are on the same
journey, despite the tens of thousands of tragedies, it means that
there is a serious problem that must be considered.

At present, we have more than 4 million asylum seekers in total,
including 3.5 million Syrians and Iraqis, and we host them all.
Neither the European Union nor the United Nations agencies
have kept their side of the bargain. In Türkiye, we protect everyone

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