Page 365 - A Helping Hand for Refugees

stopped supporting us with food and clothing. May God punish those
who have reduced us to this plight."

The most urgent problem that will soon be encountered is a giant
group of some 1mn refugees that may emerge after the likely fall of
Aleppo. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees wants
Turkey to open its gates to refugees flooding out of Aleppo. It is liter-
ally unaware that Turkey has never closed its doors to these oppressed
people, and is speaking dishonestly.

Turkey's requests for urgent emergency aid from the international
community, and particularly the UN and the EU, are not being treated
with the same sense of urgency and seriousness. EU countries have been

talking about a 3bn euro emergency aid package aimed at meeting the
needs of refugees in Turkey for several months and they've also stated
they are thinking of spreading it out over two years.

During her visit to Turkey last week, German Chancellor Angela
Merkel said she would do what she can to ensure this money is released
at the next session in Brussels.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says this
about that promise of aid: "The 3bn euros is not aid for
Turkey. It is money given to the Syrian refugees. There
is a misconception. Turkey is not so devoid of human-
istic conscience as to negotiate over 3bn euros and the
refugees. We have never negotiated the costs of the

refugees with anyone, and will never do so. That
money is humanitarian aid. It belongs to the Syrian
refugees. It is an offer from the EU intended to share
the financial burden. Not one cent of aid from the EU
will be spent on Turkey."

The 3bn euros in question is wholly inadequate
in terms of meeting the refugees' needs. The fact that
it is purely symbolic can be seen by a simple math-

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