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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11519

25 March 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Difficult start for EU-Turkey migrant agreement

Brussels, 24/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - The agreement between the EU and Turkey reached on 18 March on the virtually systematic return of migrants, including asylum seekers, from Greece to Turkey has made a difficult start when the intention had always been to get it going as quickly as possible, though “without setting a specific date”, a source said on Thursday 21 March (see EUROPE 11515).

With serious criticism being expressed over recent days as to the legality of the agreement (see...