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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

EU wants migrant flow from Turkey to drop below 1,000 a day

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is pressing Ankara to cut the number of migrants reaching Greece by sea to less than 1,000 a day in return for taking refugees directly from Turkey, EU officials said, desperate to see results from a deal agreed last year. Facing a humanitarian crisis in Greece, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pushed for an emergency EU summit with Turkey on March 7 in Brussels that will follow days of intense diplomacy with Ankara to save a Nov. 29 deal meant to stem migrant flows. (reporting by Francesco Guarascio; editing by John Stonestreet)


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