MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The group called on the European Union to expand its existing deal on refugees with Turkey to "countries such as Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan & Afghanistan: 4 of top 10 refugee producing countries."
BREAKING: MSF announcing we will no longer take funds from the #EU & its Member States. #livetweeting
— MSF International (@MSF) 17 June 2016
The European Union is currently struggling to manage a massive refugee crisis dubbed by Frontex as the worst refugee crisis since World War II, with hundreds of thousands of people leaving conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa to escape violence and poverty and seek asylum in Europe.
In mid-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 28-member bloc pledged to accelerate the Turkish EU accession bid and introduce a visa-free regime between Turkey and the Schengen Area.
