With warm weather around the corner with the coming of spring, the stream of refugees flooding into Europe is expected to rise again, reported BCC. In order to be better prepared, the EU and Turkey held a special summit on Monday, March 7.
Turkey was taken off-guard by millions of refugees last summer and was unable to assimilate them, which caused the groups of people to move farther into Europe. Europe’s nations are split in their approach: either becoming more defensive of more charitable.
AP reports, “Turkey has reaffirmed an agreement with Greece to take back migrants attempting to reach the European Union— a key condition set by EU leaders for a landmark deal with Turkey to tackle the migrant crisis.”Davutoglu said the improved cooperation could "reduce the dramatic scenes seen in the Aegean Sea to a minimum."
“More than 130,000 migrants and refugees have traveled to the Greek islands from the Turkish coast so far this year,” reports AP.
Still, the tension in Europe remains with hope for a more manageable load of new arrivers. The fear of economic crashes, loss of culture and identity and the already scarce job opportunities are deeply embedded among Europeans.
If the 2.6 billion dollar in debate on the summit to be given to Turkey by the EU in order to better accommodate the Syrians fleeing war are going to be beneficial is yet to be determined.