EU AND TURKEY TO HOLD SUMMIT ON MIGRATION FLOW

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Brussels, 12 Shafar 1437/4 November 2015 (MINA) – EU Council president Donald Tusk announced Monday night that he has called for an EU-Turkey summit on 29 November to “re-energise our relations and stem migration flow.

“My decision follows positive recommendation by the (European) Commission and phone call this evening with (Turkish) PM Ahmet Davutoglu,” he tweeted.

Turkey, as well as other European countries, has been sharing a heavy burden by hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees from different countries, namely Syria, Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) quoted Kuna as reporting.

The flow of refugees into Europe, however, is still dwarfed by the numbers in Syria’s neighbours.

Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan have Syrian refugee numbers exceeding 2 million, 1 million and 600,000 respectively.

In exchange for Turkey helping keep the refugees outside Europe, EU capitals are willing to offer Ankara an acceleration of long-stalled talks on Turkey’s membership in the EU as well as 3 billion euros in financial aid. (T/R07/R01)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)