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Migrants entering Greece illegally would be sent back to Turkey immediately (Photo: Lee Kelleher)

Dutch want migrant swap deal with Turkey

The Netherlands is gathering support among a group of EU countries for a plan to accept “a couple hundred thousand refugees per year” from Turkey, in exchange for sending back all illegal migrants that arrive in Greece.

The plan was revealed on Thursday (28 January) by Dutch social-democrat leader Diederik Samsom in an interview with newspaper De Volkskrant...

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