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EU Vows to Revive 2016 Migrant Deal with Turkey

The EU on Monday promised to work with Turkey to revive the 2016 migration deal between the two that Ankara has blatantly violated by sending thousands of migrants and refugees toward the Greek borders. European Commission president Ursula von der...

Turkey Threatens to Suspend EU Migrant Deal

Turkey will cancel its migrant readmission agreement with the European Union as long as the bloc fails to deliver on its promise of visa-free travel for Turkish citizens in the EU, the country’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said this week...

Ankara Suspends Migrant Deal with Greece over Turkish Soldiers' Case

The migrant readmission deal between Ankara and Athens has been suspended, according to reports coming out of Turkey. News agency reports and the pro-government Daily Sabah newspaper carried comments from Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday, saying the apparent...

Greece Scrutinized for Role in EU-Turkey Migrant Deal

Turkey plans to leverage its millions of Syrian refugees for money and other concessions at a summit in Europe next week as Greece faces criticism for its implementation of the migrant deal signed with Ankara in March 2016. A report...

EU-Turkey Migrant Deal: Greece Returns 60 Rejected Asylum Seekers to Turkey

In agreement with the EU-Turkey migrant deal, 60 rejected asylum seekers in Greece have been returned to Turkey. According to dailysabah.com, the 60 migrants had snuck into Greece from Turkey in efforts to try to get to other European countries. There...

Turkey Threatens Annulling EU Migrant Deal if Greece Doesn't Extradite Soldiers

On Friday Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu made a statement of veiled threats to annul the EU-Turkey migration deal if Greece does not allow the extradition of the eight Turkish officers who fled Turkey for Greece following July's failed...

EC Chief Juncker Concerned that EU-Turkey Migrant Deal Could Falter

Following the recent failed attempt of a military coup in Turkey, the EU member states have been holding their breath in fear that the recent EU-Turkey migrant deal might falter due to the fragile and unstable political situation on...

Greek Govt Concerned Over EU-Turkey Migrant Deal

The steady stream of refugees arriving on Greek islands from Turkey in recent days has been a cause of concern for the Greek government. In the past week there has been an average of 100-120 migrants and refugees landing on...

EU Leaders Agree on Migrant Deal With Turkey

The European Union and Turkey have formally reached an accord to curb the unprecedented influx of migrants into Europe. Speaking to reporters after talks in Brussels on Friday, European Council President Donald Tusk and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called...

Guy Verhofstadt: Europe Is 'Selling Its Soul' Over Migrant Deal With Turkey

There are quite a number of people in Europe today, following yesterday’s EU-Turkey summit, who feel that Europe is “selling its soul” in the migrant deportation deal with Turkey. Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt, a member of the European Parliament...

Greece Adopts "Robust" Measures to Deal With Migrant Spike

The Greek government on Saturday announced a new "robust" migration policy that, it says, will address the increase of migration flows to the Aegean islands over the last months. At a meeting of the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and...

Greece Makes Deal with Germany on Migrants, Refugees

Alexis Tsipras met Chancellor Angela Merkel in Brussels on Friday on the sidelines of an EU summit to hammer out a bilateral deal on irregular migration affecting Greece and Germany. Merkel told reporters she had struck bilateral deals with Spain and...

Avramopoulos: EU-Turkey Deal Reduced Migrant Arrivals in Greece by 97%

The European Commission claims that the bloc's migrant agreement with Turkey is working well, but that more effort is needed to speed asylum applications. EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said Wednesday that "the EU-Turkey statement continues to work and deliver...

Over 30,000 Migrants Arrived in Greece Since Turkey-EU Deal in March 2016

Despite the fact that the migrant influx to Greece has slowed down since the EU-Turkey agreement in March 2016, 30,565 asylum seekers landed on Greek islands, the European Commission says. Specifically, between March 20, 2016 and April 4, 2017, there...

Hundreds of Migrants Demonstrate Against EU-Turkey Deal on Lesvos

Hundreds of refugees, migrants and supporters gathered on Saturday on Lesvos to protest against the European Union-Turkey deal that calls for the return of asylum seekers in Greece back to Turkey. The rally was in celebration of the international day...