European Council Conclusions on migration (18 February 2016)

The European Council president announced on 18 February 2016 that a meeting had been scheduled for March 2016 between Turkey and the European Union to discuss the Joint Action Plan signed between the two sides to stem the migration crisis.

Leaders at the summit concluded that the migration flow between Turkey and Greece remained too high. Members of the Visegrad group said further border restrictions would be implemented unless they saw results on the Turkish side.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: European Council, Brussels 18-19 February 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-council-brussels-18-19-february-2016/

ESO: Background information: Davutoglu to meet with 11 ‘like-minded’ EU countries http://www.europeansources.info/record/davutoglu-to-meet-with-11-like-minded-eu-countries/

EurActiv, 19.02.16: EU and Turkey to hold refugee summit in March http://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/eu-and-turkey-to-hold-special-refugee-summit-in-march/

EUObserver, 19.02.16: EU to hold migrant summit with Turkey in early March https://euobserver.com/migration/132340

ESO: Background information: Austria moves to ‘plan B’, defies EU-wide solution to refugee crisis / Austrian cap on asylum-seekers infuriates Commission http://www.europeansources.info/record/austria-moves-to-plan-b-defies-eu-wide-solution-to-refugee-crisis-austrian-cap-on-asylum-seekers-infuriates-commission/

Politico, 25.02.16: Viktor Orbán says EU-Turkey deal is ‘an illusion’ http://www.politico.eu/article/viktor-orban-says-eu-turkey-deal-is-an-illusion-hungary-germany-merkel-summit/

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