EU needs to boost refugee funds to Turkey beyond current pledges: German EU Commissioner

The European Union may need to more than double financial aid already pledged to Turkey to help it keep millions of Syrian refugees on its soil, Germany's European Union Commissioner Guenther Oettinger was quoted as saying on Saturday. The European Commission on Friday announced the first payouts from a 3 billion euro ($3.3 billion) fund to help Turkey pay for the needs of some 2.5 million refugees. "Europe should hold out the prospect of further financial support to Turkey also beyond 2017," Oe