18.03.2016 - 10:27 [ Trend.az ]

EU to reach refugee deal with Turkey – Schulz

Under Turkey’s proposal to the EU, the country wants the 28-nation bloc to „share the burden“ based on a formula of „for every Syrian readmitted by Turkey from the Greek islands, another Syrian will be resettled from Turkey to the EU member states“.

Ankara also wants visa liberalization by June, speeding up Turkey’s accession talks, and additional three billion euros [$3.4 billion] to meet the needs of Syrian refugees in the country.