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Turkey Wants the EU to Do More in the Refugee Crisis

With thousands of Syrian refugees continuing to arrive at the Turkish border, Ankara expects the EU and the international community to help manage the crisis.

by Sinan Ülgen
published by
BBC World News
 on February 8, 2016

Source: BBC World News

On BBC World News, Sinan Ülgen discussed the Syrian refugee crisis and its impact on EU-Turkey relations. In the framework of the deal struck in November 2015 to stem the influx of migrants, Turkey is putting pressure on the EU to fulfill the burden-sharing measures on which the two sides agreed.

As Brussels needs Ankara to manage the crisis, Sinan Ülgen suggests that Turkey is using its position of power to accelerate its EU accession process.

This broadcast originally aired on BBC World News.

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