Z.K.Giounker: Fragile EU-Turkey agreement on refugee

Z.K.Giounker: Fragile EU-Turkey agreement on refugee


The European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Kurier, warns that the agreement between the EU and Turkey to stem the massive flow of migrants and appeals to Western Europe risks being annulled.

"The risk is increased. The success of the agreement so far is fragile. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has already let it repeatedly implied that seeks to challenge, "Juncker said. If this happens, "then we can expect that immigrants will resume to reach Europe" massively, Juncker said.

The controversial agreement, which was concluded in March between Ankara and Brussels, resulted in halting the flow of migrants and refugees, but the attempt failed military coup of July 15 against Erdogan has created fears that the EU may be canceled.

The purges that followed the attempted coup in Turkey led to thousands of arrests members of the armed forces, police and judiciary, and thousands of people lost their jobs in the most important ministries of the Turkish government.

Three days after the attempted coup, the group of Turkish officials tasked with monitoring the implementation of the Agreement on refugees and migrants in Greece was recalled to Turkey and not antikatastathike.Akomi, in an interview with the Couriers Juncker said "very worried "about recent developments within the EU, especially in Hungary and Poland.

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