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EU Unable to Cope With Millions of Refugees Coming to Bloc - Juncker

© REUTERS / Vincent KesslerEuropean Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, September 9, 2015
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, September 9, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The EU unable to cope with millions of refugees coming to the bloc.

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BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — The European Union’s capacity to accommodate millions of refugees coming to the bloc is limited and the EU-Turkey refugee deal must be implemented to improve the situation, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker said Monday.

"We [European Union] cannot adequately cope with an influx of millions of refugees," Juncker said, while making an opening speech at the Conference of the Speakers of the European Union Parliaments in Luxembourg.

He added that Turkey was as interested in the refugee swap deal as much as the European Union was, and reiterated the importance of the agreement implementation for the fastest possible resolution of the refugee crisis.

In March, Brussels and Ankara agreed on a deal under which Turkey pledged to take back all undocumented migrants who arrive in the European Union through its territory in exchange for Syrian refugees accommodated in Turkey, on a one-for-one basis. In return, the bloc pledged to accelerate Turkey's EU accession bid and introduce a visa-free regime between Turkey and the Schengen Area.

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