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Rights groups slam EU-Turkey refugee deal

Friday, 18 March 2016 10:52 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 18 March 2016 10:51 PM ]

Migrants protest on March 18, 2016 at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village of Idomeni, asking the opening of the borders of EU countries after a summit of European Union (EU) leaders and Turkish premier Ahmet Davutoglu approved a controversial deal to curb the huge flow of asylum seekers to Europe, with all migrants arriving in Greece from Sunday to be sent back. (AFP)

Jerome Hughes
Press TV, Brussels

Prominent rights organization Amnesty International criticizes as flawed, illegal and immoral a deal between the EU and Turkey on the refugee crisis. Under the deal, reached following a two-day summit in Brussels, refugees arriving in Greece from the Turkish territory will be returned to Turkey from Sunday. Our correspondent in Brussels Jerome Hughes reports.

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