New York Times | European Union Reaches Deal With Turkey to Return New Asylum Seekers New York Times BRUSSELS — The European Union has reached an agreement with Turkey that it hopes will ease the migrant crisis that has roiled the Continent for the past year. Under the deal struck Friday, asylum seekers who take clandestine routes to Greece from ... Refugees will be sent back across Aegean in EU-Turkey deal EU strikes deal to return new migrants to Turkey Turkey, EU reps reach deal on plan for handling refugees |
International Business Times | What Visa-Free Travel To Europe Means For Turkey's Elite International Business Times The potential opening of European Union borders to 75 million Turks under a refugee deal passed Friday could bolster Turkey's embattled leadership and allow scores of wealthy travelers to visit Europe freely. The open border policy would let Turks ... The Turkey deal reveals the EU's future - Britain should be desperate to be a part of it The pros and cons of visa-free travel for Turkey |
Newsweek | EU and Turkey Reach Deal to Curb Migrant Flow Amid Erdogan's Hypocrisy Accusations Newsweek 03_17_turkey_erdogan_01 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes his speech during a ceremony to mark the 101st anniversary of Battle of Canakkale, as part of the WWI Gallipoli campaign, in Canakkale, Turkey March 18. While migration talks between ... EU Leaders Approve Deal With Turkey To Curb Migrant Flows Terror in Turkey: President says militants have UNITED amid warning attack on Brits LIKELY 'Turkey leveraging refugees to get what it wants' |
Financial Times | Hollande faces public scepticism over concession to Turkey Financial Times President François Hollande faces a fresh challenge on his return home from the EU summit in Brussels: explaining to a deeply sceptical French public why his concession over Turkey's EU membership is key to Ankara's pledge to take back migrants ... |
RT | 'Hard to live in Mosul': 'American ISIS fighter' entered Iraq via Turkey & Syria RT [Later] he told me he will take me near Turkey's border.” Khweis shared his conclusion with the American people, stating: “My message to the American people is that life in Mosul is really very bad. The people who control Mosul don't represent a religion. |
ITV News | UNHCR on EU-Turkey deal: Asylum safeguards must prevail in implementation UNHCR (press release) UNHCR notes today's agreement between the European Union and Turkey on the situation of refugees and migrants seeking to make their way to Europe. We recognize the shared need of countries to find properly managed solutions to this situation. Indeed ... Turkey 'must give fair review to those needing protection' |
Index On Censorship | Doğu Ergil: Turkey, the humanitarian crisis and erratic responses Index On Censorship Doğu Ergil is a Turkish sociologist, political scientist and academic, and was a columnist for Today's Zaman. The numerical figures of the reality of Syrian refugees in Turkey is as follows: 2.2 million of the 4.3 million displaced Syrians who have ... They escaped war. They made it to Turkey. Now, refugees are going back to Syria. |
European Union Reaches Deal With Turkey On Migration Crisis NPR The European Union deal with the Turkish government will result in the return of thousands of asylum-seekers to Turkey. EU leaders hope the deal will put an end to people trying to enter Europe by sea, but Human Rights organizations are deeply opposed ... |
Migration Policy Institute Director: EU-Turkey Deal Reflects 'Political Panic' NPR NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Elizabeth Collett, director of the Migration Policy Institute in Europe, about the recent deal struck between the EU and Turkey to return new asylum-seekers who arrived in Greece back to Turkey. |
Hurriyet Daily News | US Embassy in Turkey warns its citizens on Nevruz, updates travel warning Hurriyet Daily News Nevruz celebrations are anticipated in various locations throughout Turkey on March 17-21. Local authorities have banned large gatherings during select dates over the Nevruz period citing security concerns. Celebrations in Ankara, Istanbul, [the Aegean ... |