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EU leaders will try to agree on the plan proposed by Turkish prime minister Davutoglu (r) and German chancellor Angela Merkel (l) (Photo: Turkish PM office)

Refugees, asylum and data protection This WEEK

This week EU leaders hope they will agree on a long-term common response to the refugee crisis.

 On Thursday and Friday they will meet in Brussels for a regular European Council following last Monday's (7 March) extraordinary summit with Turkey.

After a surprise Turkish plan largely inspired by Germany was put on the table, the EU and Turkey agreed on the principle of a "one-to-one" scheme by which for every migrant sent from Greece back to Turkey the EU would resettle a refugee from t...

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EU leaders will try to agree on the plan proposed by Turkish prime minister Davutoglu (r) and German chancellor Angela Merkel (l) (Photo: Turkish PM office)

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