Turkey denies allegations ‘e-visa’ is facilitating illegal immigration

Published August 12th, 2015 - 02:25 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday dismissed allegations that the country's electronic visa application program has facilitated illegal migration to Europe.  

A statement from the ministry rejected reports on foreign media as "baseless" and said e-visa covered a range of tourism and business activities.

"All measures necessary for security have been taken and our country has had no problem with visitors who traveled to Turkey with an e-visa," said the ministry.

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