06.04.2021, dailymail

New negotiations on agreement with Erdogan

On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will receive a high-ranking visitor: EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, are coming to Turkey. They want to discuss a new edition of an agreement regarding the situation in the Mediterranean. EU leaders tasked the EU executive commission with trying to build on the 2016 agreement, which calls on Turkey to prevent refugees and migrants from reaching Europe in exchange for refugee assistance and other conditions. They also asked the European Commission to look for ways to continue funding the estimated 4 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, as well as those in Jordan and Lebanon. read more

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Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europäische Union