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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

EU aims to make Africa aid conditional on curbing migration

[EU Commission First Vice-President Timmermans addresses a news conference in Brussels]"Those countries who ... work with us will get certain treatment," an EU official said of the package of measures put forward by the European Commission. "Those who don't want to or are incapable will get different treatment and that will be translated via our development, trade policies." A deal with Turkey, much criticised by human rights groups, has cut the arrivals in Greece to a trickle after some 1.3 million reached Europe last year. Last year, much of the irregular migration to Europe was by Syrians, Iraqis and others fleeing war or conflict in the Middle East.


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