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Despite the bad weather, people fleeing persecution and war continue to arrive in Greece in large numbers (Photo: CAFOD Photo Library)

EU urges Turkey to do more, amid fresh talk of mini-Schengen

EU commission vice-president Frans Timmermans has urged Ankara to do more to stop migrants, as the Netherlands revives talk of mini-Schengen.

“The numbers are still way too high in Greece, between 2,000 to 3,000 people [arriving] every day. We cannot be satisfied at this stage,” he told reporters on Monday (11 January) following a meeting with Turkey's EU affairs minister, Volkan Bozkir.

The two sides spoke about Turkey's recent decision to introduce visa reguirements for Syrians ...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Despite the bad weather, people fleeing persecution and war continue to arrive in Greece in large numbers (Photo: CAFOD Photo Library)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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