President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to send 'millions' of Syrians to EuropeCredit: EPA
Speaking to his party, Erdogan warned he would "open the gates" to spark a new refugee crisis if the EU dared to call 'Operation Peace Spring' an "invasion."
"Hey EU, wake up. I say it again: if you try to frame our operation there as an invasion, our task is simple: we will open the gates and send 3.6m migrants to you," he said.
He added that ISIS prisoners held by Kurdish forces would be kept in jail or returned to home countries willing to take them.
Turkey is currently home to around 3.6m Syrian refugees - a third live in 22 government-run camps near the Syrian border.
Erdogan's warning came as one expert claimed the Turkish invasion could trigger a ‘tsunami of human misery' heading to Europe.
Mark Almond, of the UK-based Crisis Research Institute, fears we could even see a repeat of the shocking 2015 refugee crisis.
His warnings come after the Turkish military pounded more than 181 Kurdish targets after launching a ground and air assault in northern Syria.
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It is already an invasion. And a most dangerous one. With millions of largely fighting age young Muslim men already snuck or flooded into Germany France uk Italy USA Canada netherlands Sweden Norway Belgium Greece etc. the western ruling elite has sold all Of us out.....Goodbye Europe, UNLESS you find some guns and do what you should have done 20 years ago!
Speaking to his party, Erdogan warned he would "open the gates" to spark a new refugee crisis if the EU dared to call 'Operation Peace Spring' an "invasion."
"Hey EU, wake up. I say it again: if you try to frame our operation there as an invasion, our task is simple: we will open the gates and send 3.6m migrants to you," he said.
He added that ISIS prisoners held by Kurdish forces would be kept in jail or returned to home countries willing to take them.
Turkey is currently home to around 3.6m Syrian refugees - a third live in 22 government-run camps near the Syrian border.
Erdogan's warning came as one expert claimed the Turkish invasion could trigger a ‘tsunami of human misery' heading to Europe.
Mark Almond, of the UK-based Crisis Research Institute, fears we could even see a repeat of the shocking 2015 refugee crisis.
His warnings come after the Turkish military pounded more than 181 Kurdish targets after launching a ground and air assault in northern Syria.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
It is already an invasion. And a most dangerous one. With millions of largely fighting age young Muslim men already snuck or flooded into Germany France uk Italy USA Canada netherlands Sweden Norway Belgium Greece etc. the western ruling elite has sold all Of us out.....Goodbye Europe, UNLESS you find some guns and do what you should have done 20 years ago!
