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| OECD 'ready to assist' Europe over refugee crisis |
| 2015-10-04 |
| [AA.TR] The Gay Paree-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is ready to help European countries deal with the refugee crisis, a senior Turkish diplomat has told Anadolu Agency. Some 522,134 people -- more than double last year's figure -- reached Europe via the Mediterranean, including 388,324 people landing in Greece and 130,891 in Italia, according to the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... . The largest group was from Syria, where refugees have fled the civil war; about 200,000 Syrian people have reached Greece so far. On the sidelines of the organization's annual retreat meeting in Istanbul on Friday, Turkish ambassador Mithat Rende, Permanent Representative to the OECD, said the organization was ready to assist European countries grappling with the exodus. "The organization is eager to help countries with its expertise. In fact, the OECD has been building capacity over refugees. It will make a contribution to the global-level refugee problem," Rende said. However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... no country has applied to the organization for such help. In the wake of the refugee crisis, some members of the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... suspended visa-free travel within the Schengen area and reintroduced border checks in order to stop the flow. Hungary's response was widely was seen as heavy-handed while Germany has adopted an open-door policy. Berlin was considered eager to include these refugees into the economic cycle. The Turkish ambassador said that the international economic organization concentrates on the integration of refugees into a country and the economic consequences of this movement. |
| Posted by:Fred |