- The unprecedented migrant outflow from the Middle East and North Africa will feature high on the agenda at a summit of the world's top 20 economies in November, a Turkish minister said on Saturday.
"The refugee issue is more about geopolitical risks and the humanitarian matters caused by them," Deputy Prime Minister Cevdet Yilmaz said after a two-day conference in Ankara of G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs.
"It will definitely be dealt with at the leaders' level politically," he said.
Turkey, the G20's president this year, will host the summit in Antalya on November 15-16.
Europe is facing an unprecedented influx of people seeking a haven, many of them from war-torn Syria.
The crisis has split the 28-nation European Union (EU). Germany is leading calls to take in more refugees while newer members led by Hungary are opposing plans for mandatory quotas.
Yilmaz said resolving the problem would eventually have a positive impact on global growth and employment.
"Economy and politics are closely related," he said.
Turkey is hosting some 1.8 million refugees from the Syrian crisis and has repeatedly accused Europe of failing to pull its weight.
The lifeless body of a three-year-old Syrian boy washed ashore in the Turkish southwest holiday resort of Bodrum this week triggered grief around the world.
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde said her organisation would help as much as it could.
"I think it is everybody's concern and everybody's business and it cannot be left to just one country because it happens to be nearby," she said.
"It requires a coordinated approach and probably an innovative solution as well."
Migrants sleep on a bus as they are transported the refugee people from Budapest to the Hungarian border village of Hegyeshalom, early on September 5, 2015
Peter Kohalmi, AFP
A migrant family rests on a bus as they are transported from Budapest to the Hungarian border village of Hegyeshalom, early on September 5, 2015
Peter Kohalmi, AFP
Hundreds of migrants walk on the Elisabeth Bridge in Budapest on September 4, 2015, intent on walking to the Austrian border
Ferenc Isza, AFP
A migrant holds an EU flag as hundreds of migrants walk on a road after leaving the transit zone of the Budapest main train station, on September 4, 2015 intending on walking to the Austrian border
Ferenc Isza, AFP
A migrant flashes a V-sign as hundreds of migrants walk across Budapest after leaving the transit zone of the main train station, on September 4, 2015
Peter Kohalmi, AFP
A migrant argues with Hungarian riot police outsie the Keleti (East) railway station in Budapest, on September 2, 2015
Attila Kisbenedek, AFP
A migrant boy holds a sign reading 'SOS help me' as he sits with other migrants in front of the Keleti (East) railway station in Budapest on September 2, 2015
Attila Kisbenedek, AFP
Migrants sit in front of the Keleti (East) railway station in Budapest on September 2, 2015
Attila Kisbenedek, AFP
Migrants waiting for their trains fight in a massive crowd at Keleti railway station in Budapest on September 1, 2015, during their evacuation by local police
Attila Kisbedenek, AFP
A volunteer distributes water to migrants on a train from Budapest to Munich at the Austrian - Hungarian border in Hegyeshalom on August 31, 2015
Vladimir Simicek, AFP
Migrants travel on the train to Austria and Germany at the Eastern (Keleti) railway station in Budapest on August 31, 2015
Attila Kisbenedek, AFP
The unprecedented migrant outflow from the Middle East and North Africa will feature high on the agenda at a summit of the world’s top 20 economies in November, a Turkish minister said on Saturday.
“The refugee issue is more about geopolitical risks and the humanitarian matters caused by them,” Deputy Prime Minister Cevdet Yilmaz said after a two-day conference in Ankara of G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs.
“It will definitely be dealt with at the leaders’ level politically,” he said.
Turkey, the G20’s president this year, will host the summit in Antalya on November 15-16.
Europe is facing an unprecedented influx of people seeking a haven, many of them from war-torn Syria.
The crisis has split the 28-nation European Union (EU). Germany is leading calls to take in more refugees while newer members led by Hungary are opposing plans for mandatory quotas.
Yilmaz said resolving the problem would eventually have a positive impact on global growth and employment.
“Economy and politics are closely related,” he said.
Turkey is hosting some 1.8 million refugees from the Syrian crisis and has repeatedly accused Europe of failing to pull its weight.
The lifeless body of a three-year-old Syrian boy washed ashore in the Turkish southwest holiday resort of Bodrum this week triggered grief around the world.
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde said her organisation would help as much as it could.
“I think it is everybody’s concern and everybody’s business and it cannot be left to just one country because it happens to be nearby,” she said.
“It requires a coordinated approach and probably an innovative solution as well.”
Migrants sleep on a bus as they are transported the refugee people from Budapest to the Hungarian border village of Hegyeshalom, early on September 5, 2015
Peter Kohalmi, AFP
A migrant family rests on a bus as they are transported from Budapest to the Hungarian border village of Hegyeshalom, early on September 5, 2015
Peter Kohalmi, AFP
Hundreds of migrants walk on the Elisabeth Bridge in Budapest on September 4, 2015, intent on walking to the Austrian border
Ferenc Isza, AFP
A migrant holds an EU flag as hundreds of migrants walk on a road after leaving the transit zone of the Budapest main train station, on September 4, 2015 intending on walking to the Austrian border
Ferenc Isza, AFP
A migrant flashes a V-sign as hundreds of migrants walk across Budapest after leaving the transit zone of the main train station, on September 4, 2015
Peter Kohalmi, AFP
A migrant argues with Hungarian riot police outsie the Keleti (East) railway station in Budapest, on September 2, 2015
Attila Kisbenedek, AFP
A migrant boy holds a sign reading 'SOS help me' as he sits with other migrants in front of the Keleti (East) railway station in Budapest on September 2, 2015
Attila Kisbenedek, AFP
Migrants sit in front of the Keleti (East) railway station in Budapest on September 2, 2015
Attila Kisbenedek, AFP
Migrants waiting for their trains fight in a massive crowd at Keleti railway station in Budapest on September 1, 2015, during their evacuation by local police
Attila Kisbedenek, AFP
A volunteer distributes water to migrants on a train from Budapest to Munich at the Austrian – Hungarian border in Hegyeshalom on August 31, 2015
Vladimir Simicek, AFP
Migrants travel on the train to Austria and Germany at the Eastern (Keleti) railway station in Budapest on August 31, 2015
Attila Kisbenedek, AFP
