While the economic crisis in which Turkey is plunged multiplies the vocations for emigration to Europe, in particular among young people, obtaining European visas is becoming more and more difficult.
In 2019, the number of visa applications issued from Turkey for the Schengen area thus amounted to 906,000, recalls the environmental daily Newspaper Oxygen. After a drop due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they resumed their ascent and accelerated as the socio-economic situation deteriorated – inflation having reached 80% this year, according to official figures.
Only, the number of visa refusals has increased even faster, calculates the daily: it has doubled in three years. The number of complaints from Turkish citizens deeming the dismissal addressed to them unjustified has multiplied by ten.
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