The EU will send to Turkey of new illegal immigrants

Today comes into force an agreement between the EU and Turkey to resolve the crisis of migrant enters into force today.

The document provides for the return to Turkey of all new illegal migrants who arrive in Greece and served there for asylum or if their request is not granted. Under the agreement, compulsory readmission affect only those refugees who are unable to prove that they are being persecuted in Turkey and whose application for asylum in Greece in such a way will be rejected, according to "Deutsche Welle" .

At the same time, in exchange for each Syrian, who went from Greece, the EU itself will take a Syrian from Turkey - all in the EU agreed to in such a way up to 72 thousand Syrian refugees.

On the eve of the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras informed ministers about the need to start preparing to send refugees to the neighboring country, but officials said they need more time to prepare.

Meanwhile, according to the latest statistics, the number of refugees in Greece on the eve of the transaction continued to increase. Now the country is already more than 47 thousand. Workers.

At the same time the EU, not all citizens believe the deal acceptable. On Saturday, March 19, thousands of people in many European cities took to the protest against the EU's policy towards refugees. In particular, rallies in support of open borders were held in London, Athens, Vienna, Barcelona, ​​Amsterdam and in several Swiss cities, reminds "Ukrinform".

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