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Merkel says Turkey ‘will do everything’ to cut migration
Turkish
prime minister praises German leader’s bravery on migration.
By JANOSCH DELCKER
1/22/16, 7:41 PM CET Updated 1/23/16, 7:51 AM CET
BERLIN — Angela
Merkel said Friday she had obtained a pledge from Turkey that it will
do everything in its power to stem the flow of migrants coming to
Europe.
The German
chancellor held talks with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu
and half of the Turkish government in Berlin, as she pressed Ankara
to do more on migration in exchange for EU cash.
In November, the EU
promised to give Turkey €3 billion to help the country deal with
the migration crisis — there are around 2.5 million Syrian refugees
in Turkey. That money has yet to be handed over, but Merkel promised
Friday that it will be delivered.
“One part of our …
agenda was that Europe contributes its share in improving the living
situation of Syrians in Turkey,” Merkel said after the talks.
But she stressed
that Turkey must play its part, amid criticism that the EU’s
predominantly Muslim neighbor has been slow to implement reforms.
“We can’t allow
illegal human traffickers and smugglers to have sovereignty over the
area between Turkey and Greece,” Merkel said, adding, “illegal
migration has to be transformed into legal migration.” She was
speaking on a day when more than 40 migrants died when two boats
capsized close to Greek islands after leaving Turkish shores.
“The prime
minister emphasized the commitment of the government of Turkey to
undertaking all possible efforts to substantially reduce the number
of irregular migrants in the near future,” a statement released
after a joint news conference said. It added that Turkey “pledged
to facilitate the readmission of irregular migrants not in need of
protection.”
Davutoğlu applauded
Merkel for her controversial refugee policy, saying she had shown
humanity and taken political risks.
“Mrs. Merkel took
a historic step,” he said.
In the wake of
Austria’s decision earlier this week to set a limit on the number
of refugees coming into the country, Merkel said that measures by
individual EU member countries would not solve the migration crisis.
“I am convinced
that the problem of illegal migration can only be solved if we work
together, if we start with the root causes of migration, and that us
within the EU also have a large interest in maintaining Schengen,”
she said, adding, “Individual solutions — every state for itself
— won’t help us.”
Merkel’s migration
strategy, which has been coming under increasing strain since the
mass sexual assaults in Cologne on New Year’s Eve, relies heavily
on international cooperation, and Turkey plays a key role in that.
Ankara is fully
aware of this aware of this fact, and Davutoğlu hinted that he might
ask for more money from the EU.
“We are not
begging for money from the EU,” Davutoğlu told the press agency
DPA ahead of the talks, “but if there is a serious will to share
the burden, we have to sit down and talk about all the details of the
crisis.”
Commission’s
Turkish cooperation
Federica Mogherini,
the EU’s foreign policy chief, will travel to Ankara Monday to hold
migration talks with the Turkish government.
She will be
accompanied by Johannes Hahn, the neighborhood and enlargement
commissioner, and Christos Stylianides, the commissioner for
humanitarian aid and crisis management.
“All items [of the
EU-Turkey deal] will be on the table,” a Commission source said,
referring to the promised financial aid as well as EU promises to
loosen visa restrictions for Turkish citizens and open further
chapters on Turkish EU membership.
Authors:
Janosch Delcker
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