More than 80,000 migrants fleeing the bombings from Syria's Idlib have started to migrate toward the Turkish border, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, Eurasia Diary reports citing Anadolu Agency.
"In such a case, Turkey will not bear all alone the burden of this migration," Erdogan said, speaking at an event in Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul.
"If violence against the people of Idlib does not end, this number will rise further," he added.
The Turkish president went on to say that the negative reflections of the pressure that Turkey might be exposed to will be an issue that will be felt by all European countries, especially Greece.
He reiterated that Turkey hosts the largest number of refugees and is a country which spends the most on humanitarian aid per capita.