{"id":6555,"date":"2016-05-18T06:41:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T05:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6555"},"modified":"2016-06-13T06:46:44","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T05:46:44","slug":"eu-turkey-migrant-deal-unravels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2016\/05\/18\/eu-turkey-migrant-deal-unravels\/","title":{"rendered":"EU-Turkey Migrant Deal Unravels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2016\/05\/18\/6555\/eu_turkey_deal\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6556\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6556\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/eu_turkey_deal.jpg\" alt=\"eu_turkey_deal\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/eu_turkey_deal.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/eu_turkey_deal-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The EU-Turkey migrant deal, designed to halt the flow of migrants from Turkey to Greece, is falling apart just two months after it was reached. European officials are now looking for a back-up plan.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>EU-Turkey Migrant Deal Unravels<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/8072\/eu-turkey-migrant-deal\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | May 18, 2016<\/p>\n<p>The EU-Turkey migrant deal, designed to halt the flow of migrants from Turkey to Greece, is falling apart just two months after it was reached. European officials are now looking for a back-up plan.<\/p>\n<p>The March 18 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2016\/03\/18-eu-turkey-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\">deal<\/a> was negotiated in great haste by European leaders desperate to gain control over a migration crisis in which more than one million migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East poured into Europe in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>European officials, who appear to have promised Turkey more than they can deliver, are increasingly divided over a crucial part of their end of the bargain: granting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/7914\/turkey-visa-free-travel\" target=\"_blank\">visa-free travel<\/a> to Europe for Turkey\u2019s 78 million citizens by the end of June.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/8072\/eu-turkey-migrant-deal\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EU-Turkey migrant deal, designed to halt the flow of migrants from Turkey to Greece, is falling apart just two months after it was reached. 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