Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday called again for the creation of a safe zone inside Syria to host thousands of mostly Syrian migrants who are trying to cross into Europe from Turkish territory, AFP reported. Davutoglu also rejected calls by EU members for migrants' asylum claims to be handled in the countries from which they try to enter the bloc, telling Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet: "We have told Europe that there will be no reception centre in Turkey." The Turkish Prime Minister also described as “inhumane and "unacceptable" the planned centers for sorting refugees from economic migrants more quickly in EU members Greece and Italy, which lie at the bloc’s southern outer border. The controversial idea was approved by EU leaders last week at an informal summit in Brussels. Rather than creating such centers the EU should provide funding for setting up a safe zone in northern Syria free from attacks of Islamic State militants. Turkey then could build three cities each hosting one hundred thousand people in the safe zone, Davutoglu said, according to AFP.
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