What people missing here , Erdogan is not talking about the EUTurkey agreement on illegal immigration . Turkey since day one , restricts the rights of the Syrian nationals , by blocking them coming closer 35 km . to Turkish borders . And it is forbidden for Syrians to exit Turkey except to Syria . This is against the basic human rights . Syrian nationals are basically open air prisoners in Turkey . Without Turkey ' s inhumane , and illegal law on Syrian nationals , any Syrian national can exit Turkey from the legal points of exit , and enter Greece and Bulgaria from the legal points of entry to apply for the asylum . And according to Geneva convention , Greece and Bulgaria has to process their asylum requests . So that is the real , unwritten deal between EU and Turkey .