The ＂immigration card＂ has tried every time？ Erdogan once again threatened the EU to open the door to Europe for refugees.

　　[Global Network Reporter Zhang Xiaoya] Erdogan is still playing the "immigration card" after the European Union said on the 6th that it would support Turkey to stop the refugees from coming. On the 7th local time, Turkish President Erdogan once again threatened to open the door to Europe for millions of refugees unless the international community provided more support.

　　Agence France-Presse reported on the 7th that Erdoğ an was in Budapest, Hungary, meeting with Prime Minister Orban when he made this threat.

Erdogan meets with Orban. Source: AFP

　　Erdogan has been calling on EU countries to provide more financial support for his plan to establish a "safe zone".

　　At the press conference on the 7th, Erdogan said, "We will continue to receive our guests with or without support, but only to a certain extent." He added, "If we see that this (support) is not in place, as I said before, we have no choice but to open the door. If we open the door, their destination is obvious. "

　　In response, Orban said at the time that Hungary was ready to do its best to help Turkey establish a "safe zone". "Without Turkey, it is impossible to stop immigrants from going to Europe … … Therefore, Hungary is Turkey’s strategic partner on security and immigration issues. " Orban said, "We must do everything we can to prevent a large number of immigrants from reaching the southern border of Hungary. To this end, we need Turkish help."

　　As for Turkey’s plan to resettle Syrian refugees in a safe area on the Syrian side along the border between Turkey and Syria, Erdogan repeatedly criticized the West, especially the European Union, for failing to fulfill its promise to reach an agreement with it in 2016 to provide funds, and said that only half of the promised 6 billion euros (about 6.6 billion US dollars) had arrived.

　　Earlier, Erdogan also took no longer guarding the "gateway" for Europe as a bargaining chip, and proposed to set up a "safe zone" in northeastern Syria as soon as possible and strive for more EU funding, putting pressure on the United States and Europe respectively. In August this year, Turkey and the United States reached an agreement on establishing a "safe zone" in northern Syria and will take measures to help Syrian refugees return home.

　　European Commission officials said on the 6th of this month that the EU will also provide tens of millions of euros to Turkey to help it strengthen its coast guard. The US media reported that the EU’s decision was intended to rely on Turkey to stop immigrants from Syria and other countries from entering Europe via the Mediterranean.