EU, Turkey strike 'historic' deal to send back migrants
Turkish and EU leaders agreed a "historic" deal to curb the huge flow of asylum seekers to Europe, which will see all migrants arriving in Greece being sent back to Turkey from Sunday. Turkey extracted a string of political and financial concessions from the 28-nation European Union in exchange for becoming a bulwark against asylum seekers from Syria and elsewhere. "It is a historic day because we reached a very important agreement between Turkey and the EU," Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutog
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