Turkish society cannot deal with this many refugees: Bundestag vice chair

Bundestag Vice President Claudia Roth criticizes German Chancellor Merkel's bargaining with Turkey, saying it will result in more Syrian refugees staying in TurkeyThe vice president of Germany's Bundestag has deeply criticized her government's bargaining with Turkey in an attempt to persuade Turkey to agree to a migrant action plan in return for the carrot of greater visa liberalization.

"I am criticizing very much our government: How can one make a deal with Turkey which will have the consequences that there will be even more refugees in Turkey? How can Turkish society deal with this big a number of men, women and children, and how can you integrate all these refugees into Turkish society?" Claudia Roth said. 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to give support to four Turkish demands on which Ankara has insisted in return for agreeing to a migrant action plan with the European Union during a visit to Turkey on Oct. 18. 

Roth criticized this offer when she met a group of Turkish journalists at the Bundestag in Berlin last week. 
 
Roth said she feared the number of migrants coming to Turkey from Syria would increase following foreign military operations in Syria. 

"There will be more refugees from Syria and Iraq, too. Also there are more refugees coming from Afghanistan in which there is a humanitarian tragedy. Giving money to Turkey, giving some promises to Turkey, making some kind of election campaign that might be misused in the favor of the AK Party [Justice and Development Party] for the closing of the border... I think the price is too high for Turkey, too high for the refugees and too high for the EU," Roth said.  

'Shocked by pressures'

Roth also said she had been shocked by the...