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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11515

19 March 2016
EUROPEAN COUNCIL / (ae) turkey
EU and Ankara reach controversial agreement aiming to stem migration crisis

Brussels, 18/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - Meeting in Brussels on Thursday 17 and Friday 18 March, the EU28 managed to seal a deal with Turkey on the outlines of an agreement aiming to make it possible, with effect from Sunday 20 March, to return all migrants, including asylum seekers, reaching Greece illegally to Turkey. NGOs have denounced the move as a body blow to asylum law.

In exchange, the member states plan to offer resettlement opportunities for Syrian refugees currently in camps in...

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