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Turkey's opposition leader blasts migrant deal, proposes giving 6 bln euros to EU
Turkey's main opposition leader has said the country would be better off giving the European Union 6 billion euros to take away all the refugees it has been hosting than asking for more money and becoming a "buffer province" for the bloc, while calling the deal struck at a recent summit between the EU and Turkey "against human rights" and "the utmost disrespect to humanity."
Greek opposition parties blast Tsipras in unison over Donald Tusk tweet.
European Council President Donald Tusk’s praise in a tweet towards the Balkan countries for closing their borders to irregular migrants, and that this action was in line with the EU-28 decision on the refugee crisis has caused great controversy in the Greek political scene, with parties lashing out against Greek PM Alexis Tsipras.
Turkey Will Not Readmit Migrants Currently on Greek Islands
Turkish EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Volkan Bozkir said on Thursday that Ankara will not readmit migrants who are already on the Greek islands.
Bozkir noted that the proposed readmission agreement with the EU, which had been reached at the summit on Monday, will only be applicable to migrants who will come starting from a certain date after their evacuation.