British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace on Tuesday denied reports that the UK was planning to establish refugee processing centers in Turkey.
The Times, a British newspaper, published a report in which it said the UK had abandoned plans to establish regional hubs to process Afghans, and that the UK will resettle Afghans directly from refugee camps in neighboring countries.
In response to media reports which included Turkey as one of the potential destinations for British refugee processing centers, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Monday: "The news in the UK press saying there are plans to establish an asylum processing center for Afghan asylum-seekers in Turkey does not reflect the truth."
“No official request has been conveyed to us from any country up until today. Should there be such a request, we would not accept it anyway.”
On Tuesday, Wallace took to Twitter to deny the Times story, saying: “The story has no basis at all - total speculation! We said we would “establish a series of processing hubs across the region.” You spin that to be a regional hub in Turkey!!!”
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