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The Spectator Podcast: Turkey can’t cope. Can we?

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In this week’s issue, Laura Pitel discusses whether the next refugee crisis emerging in Turkey could dwarf the first which has gripped Europe. Turkey has taken in two and a half million refugees – nearly three times as many as the number who have sought refuge in Europe. But there are signs that the country is starting to struggle under the strain of Syrian refugees as more arrive each day. What could it mean for Europe if Turkey reaches breaking point? On this week’s podcast, Isabel Hardman is joined by Laura Pitel and Alanna Thomas from Migration Watch UK, to discuss the impact on Europe and Britain if Turkey’s migrant problem becomes ours.

The Spectator’s political editor James Forsyth critiques the Prime Minister’s assessment that, on the basis of his proposed package of renegotiation with Europe, he would join the EU, right now.

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