Refugee Crisis: The EU’s Turkey Connection
Europe has to tread carefully as Turkey itself is in a precarious situation.
By Holger Schmieding, January 22, 2016
If transit countries police their sea borders, the inflow of refugees can be reduced significantly.
If Turkey does not slow down flow of refugees, the political situation in Germany could get tenser.
Enhancing Turkey’s stability needs to be one of the foreign policy priorities of the EU.
To depend on the goodwill of Erdogan is not exactly a comfortable position for Europe to be in.
Turkey matters. But Europe has to tread carefully as Turkey itself is in a precarious situation. I see a good chance that Europe (specifically Germany) and Turkey can work out a deal that will lead to a slower flow of refugees from Turkey into Greece.
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