Turkish asylum seekers
Europe
Number of EU Asylum Requests Sees Largest Spike Since 2015
The number of asylum seekers in the European Union, Switzerland, and Norway went up by a significant 28 percent in the first half of 2023. This is as compared to the same period of the previous year, according to...
Greece
Mouzalas: Investigation Into Rejected Turkish Aslyum Seekers Underway
An investigation is underway to find out if and to what extent Turkish citizens asking for asylum have been sent back, Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas said on Tuesday in an interview with radio station 24/7.
Mouzalas expressed his opposition...
Greece
Turks Smuggled into Greece Claim to Face Persecution for Failed Coup; Seeking Asylum
More than 100 Turks have requested asylum in Greece following the failed military coup attempt last July in Turkey claiming that they are facing persecution in their country for being linked to the attempted coup. Most recently two families...