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EU to monitor Turkish commitments on refugees

29 November 2015, 8:44 pm
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French President Francois Hollande says the European Union will need to monitor Turkey’s commitments “step-by-step” to help end Syria’s political crisis, fight terrorism and deal with a refugee influx that has spilled over into the 28-member bloc.

The French leader says that any funds of a 3-billion-euro ($3.2 billion) EU package to help Turkey deal with the migrants on its territory will be released progressively as Turkish commitments are checked.

Hollande also says verification measures need to be in place to check those coming through Turkey, because some “terrorists” have infiltrated the refugee flow.

Syrian refugees wait to sign up for a return bus to the Syrian border, at the U.N.-run Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, northern Jordan on Oct. 1, 2015. (AP/Raad Adayleh)
Syrian refugees waiting to sign up for a return bus to the Syrian border, at the UN-run Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, northern Jordan, on October 1, 2015. (AP/Raad Adayleh)

Hollande cut out early from an EU-Turkey summit to head home for a meeting with China’s president ahead of the Paris climate conference due to start tomorrow.

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