Demography

The European Union is not paying money to the Turkish government, it is supporting the refugees in the country, a top EU official said on Nov. 9.

A Greek journalist has revealed the sad plight of refugees who set foot on the island of Lesbos, from getting treated inhumanely to being beaten, mugged and pushed back to Turkish borders.

There are a total of 1.18 million foreigners in Istanbul, including 535,000 Syrians under temporary protection, Governor Ali Yerlikaya has said.

Immigration Minister Tesfaye cited the falling spending on non-western migrants as vindication of the government’s strict migration policy

Turkish security forces held as many as 18 irregular migrants in the country's southwestern and northwestern provinces on Oct. 9.

In the Aegean province of Muğla, 12 irregular migrants attempting to leave the country through illegal means were held by the Coast Guard teams.

Europeans must honor their commitments to Turkey as part of a migration deal signed in 2016, the Greek minister for migration and asylum said on Oct. 4. 

Notis Mitarachi said the EU-Turkey migration deal must be implemented by both sides to manage the refugee flows and stem illegal trafficking in the Aegean Sea.

An expert projects that the share of the elderly population in Turkey's total population will reach the same level in Europe in 2060 given the current trajectory of the fertility rate in the country.

The fertility rate represents the ratio between the average number of live births in a year and the number that a woman would have during her childbearing years - the 15-49 age group.

As of October 1, 2021, Bulgarian citizens can enter the UK only with an international passport, which must be valid for the entire period of the planned stay.

Exception will be made only for those who have received the so called "settled status" in UK.

Citizens who do not present such a document will not be allowed in the country.

More than one million citizens have been counted in the Republic of North Macedonia by 3 pm on September 19, the State Statistical Institute reported, MIA news agency reported.

The share of people over the age of 65 in Japan reached a record 29.1 percent of the total population, according to official data released today.

The figure has been gradually increasing since the end of World War II. In 1950, for example, the elderly were 4.9 percent of the population, in 1985 - 10 percent, and in 2005 - over 20 percent, recalls TASS.