Pages

Saturday, May 7, 2016

EU's Juncker sees refugee crisis at 'turning point'

[Syrian refugee holds onto his children as he struggles to walk off a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos]Europe's migrant crisis is at a "turning point" thanks to a deal with Turkey to stem the number of new arrivals which is showing its first successes, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in comments published on Saturday. Under an accord struck with the European Union, Turkey has agreed to help stop illegal migrants reaching the continent in return for accelerated EU accession talks, visa liberalisation, and financial aid. Juncker told the Funke Media Group that the deal, which came into force last month, was already enabling Europe to better manage the flow of migrants.


READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT uk.news.yahoo.com