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Ankara Agrees to Take Back Migrants Stopped in Turkish Waters

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Turkey is ready to take back all migrants that are stopped off its coast on the way to Europe, European Council President Donald Tusk said Friday. 04.03.2016, Sputnik International

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Ankara Agrees to Take Back Migrants Stopped in Turkish Waters

17:40 GMT 04.03.2016 (Updated: 13:45 GMT 05.08.2022)

© AFP 2023 / Aris MessinisA child reacts as refugees and migrants disembark a rubber boat upon arrival at the northern island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, in Mytilene, on February 23, 2016.

A child reacts as refugees and migrants disembark a rubber boat upon arrival at the northern island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, in Mytilene, on February 23, 2016. - Sputnik International

Turkey is ready to take back all migrants that are stopped off its coast on the way to Europe, European Council President Donald Tusk said Friday.

Refugees and migrants massed onto an inflatable boat reach Mytilene, northern island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on February 17, 2016 - Sputnik International

Why Turkish Frigate Was Sent to Aegean Sea

4 March 2016, 17:18 GMT

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Tusk has been touring the Balkans and Turkey ahead of a crucial EU-Turkey summit on migration on Monday. It will focus on ways to stop illegal entries from Turkey to Greece.

Commenting on his Thursday meeting with the Turkish prime minister, Tusk said that Ahmet Davutoglu had "confirmed Turkey's readiness to take back all migrants apprehended in Turkish waters."

The EU chief said he was going to continue his talks with Prime Minister Davutoglu at the March 7 summit, where they will endorse concrete measures to implement the EU-Turkey Action Plan. He complained that the number of migrants coming ashore in Greece was on the rise.