Statement: Statement of Commissioner Malmström on the entry into force of the Readmission Agreement between Turkey and the EU

Statement by Cecilia Malmström on the entry into force of the Readmission Agreement between Turkey and the EU on the 1 October 2014.

On 16 December 2013, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström and the Turkish authorities, signed in Ankara, the EU-Turkey readmission agreement, and initiated, jointly, the EU-Turkey Visa liberalisation dialogue.

ESO: Background information: Statement by Cecilia Malmström on the ratification of the EU-Turkey readmission agreement by the Turkish Parliament http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-statement-by-cecilia-malmstrom-on-the-ratification-of-the-eu-turkey-readmission-agreement-by-the-turkish-parliament/

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