Turkey Resists Pressure to Take Afghan Refugees, Calls for Global Response

ISTANBUL - Turkey is calling for collective international action to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. The call comes as Turkey, already hosting the largest number of refugees globally, warns it cannot take any more.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, addressing a high-level United Nations meeting on Afghanistan Monday, warned that with millions of Afghans displaced and facing a humanitarian crisis, now is the time for collective action.

A humanitarian and security crisis in Afghanistan would have direct implications across the globe. So, we should take the collective action now.  

Turkish leaders fear an Afghan exodus through its territory as refugees flee Afghanistan and head for Europe.