{"id":6614,"date":"2016-08-02T16:44:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T15:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6614"},"modified":"2016-08-02T16:44:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T15:44:16","slug":"turkey-sets-ultimatum-eu-migrant-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2016\/08\/02\/turkey-sets-ultimatum-eu-migrant-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Sets Ultimatum for EU Migrant Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2016\/08\/02\/turkey-sets-ultimatum-eu-migrant-deal\/eu_turkey_deal-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6615\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6615\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/eu_turkey_deal.jpg\" alt=\"eu_turkey_deal\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/eu_turkey_deal.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/eu_turkey_deal-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Although Turkish officials have repeatedly threatened to renege on the March 18 EU-Turkey deal, this is the first time they have set a deadline.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Turkey Sets Ultimatum for EU Migrant Deal<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/8613\/turkey-eu-migrant-deal\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | August 2, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Turkey has threatened to back out of an agreement to stem the flow of migrants to the European Union if Turkish nationals are not granted visa-free travel to the bloc by October.<\/p>\n<p>Although Turkish officials have repeatedly threatened to renege on the March 18 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2016\/03\/18-eu-turkey-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\">EU-Turkey deal<\/a>, this is the first time they have set a deadline.<\/p>\n<p>If the EU approves the visa waiver, tens of millions of Turks will gain immediate and unimpeded access to 26 European countries. If the EU rejects the visa waiver, and Turkey retaliates by reopening the migration floodgates, potentially millions of migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East could begin flowing into Greece this fall. Europe is trapped in a no-win situation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/8613\/turkey-eu-migrant-deal\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although Turkish officials have repeatedly threatened to renege on the March 18 EU-Turkey deal, this is the first time they have set a deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100,202],"tags":[129,179,195,200],"class_list":["post-6614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-union","category-migration-crisis","tag-european-union-2","tag-germany","tag-migration-crisis","tag-turkey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Turkey Sets Ultimatum for EU Migrant Deal - 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