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14:29: EU Council chief Tusk carded summit program to
EU Council chief Donald Tusk leaves the summit with Turkey run much longer than initially planned. There should a – previously advertised – give dinner with the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, diplomats reported on Monday in Brussels. Davutoğlu presented “new and ambitious ideas”
14:11:. Alleged tractors in Turkey by boat accident arrested
After the sinking of a refugee boat and the death of 25 migrants in the Turkish Aegean has arrested an alleged tug the police. It states that it is the owner of the fishing boat that capsized on Sunday off the coast of the district Didim, the news agency DHA reported Monday. The man was a Turkish citizen and should have organized the trip to Greece. After three more suspects will still gefahndet.
In the boat accident on Sunday after DHA details 25 refugees were drowned, including ten children. The Coast Guard had rescued 15 people
13:47:. Hungary and Croatia want to train reopen
Hungary and Croatia want to open three border crossings for rail traffic again. However, be open when the compounds would be released again, the news agency MTI reported, citing the Interior Ministers of both countries. The transitions were middle of last year closed to stop the onward journey of refugees en route to Germany
13:33:. Hollande recognizes Balkan blockade at
Unlike Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) recognizes French President François Hollande, the de facto blockade of the Balkan route for refugees: “It is closed, so is Greece the essential part of the refugees take,” Hollande said before the EU-Turkey summit on Monday in Brussels. “We need to help and prevent further refugees in Greece arrive, so we must cooperate with Turkey Greece.”
13:15: Juncker against formulation for closure of the Balkan Route
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, according to an EU official on the other hand, that the final declaration of the EU summit, the formulation remains contained, the Balkan route is closed. This is also the position of Chancellor Angela Merkel
12:57:. Merkel against closure of the Balkan Route
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) stands up in the refugee crisis to an official recognition of closure of the Balkan route. The aim must be, “that the number of refugees decreased not only for a few countries but for all countries, including Greece,” Merkel said on Monday before the start of the EU-Turkey summit in Brussels. It could therefore “no question that something is closed”.
Since the last EU summit in February more countries had their limits along the Balkan route largely closed and introduced daily limits for refugees. This fact has allowed Greece arrived refugees unable to continue traveling, thousands sit tight now and have to be supplied. The draft summit declaration is the sentence that the route “now closed”.
diplomats said Germany rejects the statement in this formulation. This was already practically not true if further hundreds per day were arriving in Germany, it said. In addition, the federal government was not prepared the way to accept, was how to proceed along the Balkan Route in the past few weeks.
Germany was “not agree to a situation in which bite the last the dogs” and refugees is dammed at the Greek-Macedonian border under unacceptable conditions, it said. Whether the set to close the Balkan Route will remain in the draft, was open. is also possible to change or supplement the formulation
12:50:. Austria insists on closing the Balkan route
The Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann shortly before the start of the EU-Turkey summit insisted on a clear signal to the closure of the refugee route on the Western Balkans. “It must be clear: the Balkan route is closed and all the others,” Faymann said on Monday in Brussels. He advocate for themselves. Tug should have no chance. In the Reuters present draft of the final declaration of the EU summit states that the West Balkan route is now closed. However, do not want to support this formulation all EU countries
12:38:. Cameron – Great Britain is on its own border protection
UK will continue to insist on the own protection of its borders. The announces British Prime Minister David Cameron. His country wished to participate in the debate on better protection of the EU’s external borders, but not be part of the EU asylum system
12:22:. Hollande – Will press freedom in Turkey eighth
France’s President Francois Hollande declared that they would keep an eye on the press freedom in Turkey. This will happen in spite of the cooperation in the refugee crisis, he says before the EU-Turkey summit in Brussels. The storming of the anti-government newspaper “Zaman” by the Turkish police triggered protests internationally
12:15:. Austria does not want to rely on Turkey
The EU must, in the words of Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann its external borders to protect itself and should not rely on agreements with Turkey. Moreover, would have to come from the EU summit a clear signal that the route was closed on the Western Balkans, says Faymann before the EU-Turkey summit in Brussels
11:38:. Davutoglu emphasized by Turkish request EU membership
Turkey is ready to cooperate fully with the EU through the accession, according to the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Daviutoglu. He expressed hope that the EU-Turkey summit will be a success story and a turning point in relations, Davutoglu said in Brussels on Monday before meeting with the 28 EU leaders. You’ll reach a solution in the refugee crisis. But with the EU-Turkey summit it is not just about getting illegal migration under control. “There is now a larger Bewusstein for Turkish concerns,” he said. His more than five-hour meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the night to Monday was “very fruitful”.
So, the countries position in the refugee crisis :
11:01: resistance in Brussels against formulation “Balkan route closed”
Just before the EU summit on refugee crisis there in Brussels resisting the draft final Declaration. Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker want to change the wording, according to which the Balkan route for refugees from Syria was now “closed” according to diplomats. This corresponds in fact not true, even if the numbers are decreased significantly, it said on Monday. Even refugee summit two weeks ago, however, had said that the policy of “Through Winkens” hundreds of thousands of refugees from Greece to central Europe would come to an end
10:50:. Green leader Özdemir calls for clearer sound to Turkey
the open-federal chairman Cem Özdemir has demanded more honesty in the accession issue before the EU-Turkey summit. The current negotiations called Özdemir in an interview with the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, a “drama”. A serious offer from the EU must make it a condition that Turkey implementing the Copenhagen criteria, “ie freedom of the press, separation of powers, freedom of expression, protection of religious minorities and a commitment to the core Western democracy”. This would trigger in Turkey a dynamic that would also bring the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in distress, so Özdemir
10:27:. Tsipras and Davutoglu agree before EU-Turkey summit from
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu came together before the start of the EU-Turkey summit bilateral talks. Both countries are in the refugee crisis particularly in focus. The relations of the two NATO countries are characterized for decades by voltages
09:36:. Refugees wait to Greek-Macedonian border from
The refugee drama on the Greek-Macedonian border takes at. Greek media reported that Macedonian side had closed the border for freight trains. “So far, no one (not a refugee) and no train came over,” a reporter from Idomeni reported. Rumors began circulating that the limit for all the refugees had been concluded. A statement from official sources initially was not available. On Monday morning, waiting to estimates by relief agencies, more than 13,000 people an opportunity to get to Macedonia
09:16:. Tsipras calls for solidarity from EU partners
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Calls upon his arrival in Brussels solidarity from its EU partners. Here are since last EU summit agreements been made that do not apply to all, he says with a view to more stringent entry requirements of Austria and the countries in the Western Balkans. A reliable distribution of refugees is necessary
08:49: Central Council of Muslims sees the EU-Turkey summit skeptical
The Central Council of Muslims sees the EU-Turkey summit on Monday with great skepticism. “Currently, each EU country, what he wants to make – I am skeptical that this will be different according to an agreement with Turkey”, Central Chairman Aiman Mazyek of appearing in Dusseldorf said “Rheinische Post”. Even if the flow of refugees will meanwhile curbed, the reasons for flight are not long fought
08:03:. Number of entries remains to Germany low
In Germany come for the closures along the Balkan route continues to just a few hundred refugees per day. On Sunday traveled to a spokesman of the Federal Police a 502 migrants. So far there were in March 2339 people and thus on average 390 per day
07:12:. Greece promises more than 30,000 places for refugees
Greece wants to beginning of next week the promised accommodation have created 30,000 migrants and refugees. The capacity will be 37,400 seats with even numbers agreed last year with the EU, says a government spokesman. In addition, the United Nations should deploy 20,000 accommodations
06:25:. Davutoglu expects successful cooperation with the EU
The Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu expressed optimism that the European Union and the Turkey get the refugee crisis under control. “Turkey is ready to cooperate with the EU and to become a member of the EU,” Davutoglu said before the summit meeting in Brussels
05:58:. Gabriel – necessary for refugees no tax increases and new debt
the integration of refugees can be financed without tax increases and new debt after presentation of SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel. “Neither are tax increases necessary nor new debt,” Gabriel told the “Bild” newspaper. “But the Union can not continue to stash the existing budget surpluses.”
05:30: 14 refugee camps are to open this week in Greece
m later this week are reportedly in Greece 14 open new detention centers for refugees and migrants. They are designed to provide 17,400 people protection, such as the daily newspaper “Kathimerini” reported on Monday, citing the recently founded a refugee crisis committee of the Greek Government. A 15 so-called hot spot is to be added next week.
According to the Crisis Staff currently hold around 33,320 refugees and migrants in the country. The Red Cross is reportedly even more than 50,000 people from
04:23:. Within six days, more than 8,700 migrants arrived on Aegean islands
Since beginning of the month have according to the UN 8782 migrants ferried from Turkey to Greek islands. This resulted from a statistics of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The number of new arrivals is thus already higher than that from March 2015. In the month of 7874 migrants arrived on the Greek islands in the eastern Aegean.
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23:17: Turkey sees decline in refugee numbers
the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu sees the number of migrants fall fleeing via Turkey to Europe. However, this decrease was not “dramatic,” Davutoglu said Sunday before his departure for Turkey EU summit in Brussels. The lie also on the spread of the crisis in Syria before the ceasefire in late February.
Davutoglu said that his country would use the EU’s offer of three billion euros to improve the situation of refugees in Turkey. For this, the construction of schools and hospitals should count, which could begin soon. In the negotiations with the EU, it will also go to quotas of refugees currently living in Turkey and should be settled in the EU
22:04:. EU wants Balkan route declared closed
After months of chaos Europe drives a hard course for damming the influx of refugees: EU leaders want to explain at their emergency summit on Monday, the Balkan route closed. Irregular flows of migrants on their way to the Western Balkans came to an end – “this route is now closed,” it says in the prepared summit declaration, the possession of the German press agency in Brussels
The EU. CHEFS also be the second time meet in just over three months with the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Turkey should take back migrants without asylum claim quickly
20:48:. German Navy rescues 121 people from the Libyan coast
The German navy has rescued 121 people from a boat off the Libyan coast , The Corvette “Ludwigshafen am Rhein” took the occupants of the boat on Sunday about 30 kilometers north-west of Tripoli on board, said the Bundeswehr. Among them were seven women. All saved would pass to the European border agency Frontex.
Since the beginning of their search and rescue use in the Mediterranean in May 2015, the Navy has to Bundeswehr have almost 12,000 people from mostly barely seaworthy boats to safety. The passage from Libya to Italy is next to the crossing from Turkey to Greece the second major route for migrants and refugees on their way to Europe
19:30:. Turkey, according to Gabriel “difficult partner”
Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) sees the refugee crisis is no alternative to cooperation with Turkey. “We are of course dependent on”, the SPD chairman said on Sunday in the ZDF broadcast “Berlin direkt”. Without support from Turkey as in securing the borders of Europe will the number of coming to Germany and Europe people “continue to increase dramatically.” Minister Gabriel also acknowledged: “This is a difficult partner, we are viewing in the adoption of an anti-government newspaper.” Green Party leader Cem Özdemir demanded by the federal government “clear words” against Ankara. Europe is a community of values and not just a free trade community.
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