EU leaders are set to call on Turkey to do more to stop migrants and refugees from making the dangerous journey across the Aegean Sea to Greece Summit preview: leaders try to stem flow of people UK to join Nato refugee patrols in Aegean 1.48pm GMT A spokesman for Turkish PM AHMET DAVUTOGLU has confirmed what was hinted at earlier: Turkey is planning to present EU leaders with new proposals that go beyond any previous offers from Ankara, though he would not say what those were. “We are presenting a new idea today to seriously tackle and solve this problem,” he told reporters. “This proposal involves several new elements.” 1.41pm GMT Apart from German tussles over border closures and new Turkish demands for travel visa easing, here’s what’s on the menu in Brussels today. Breaking: the turkish summit lunch menu -- carrot flan? ewww pic.twitter.com/RMoi4NVarR .@JunckerEU @eucopresident #EUCO working lunch w/ @Ahmet_Davutoglu: working in partnership to tackle #RefugeeCrisis pic.twitter.com/EdBOCEzuRm Continue reading...
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