EU-Turkey deal fails to deter migrants
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REFUGEES and migrants stranded at Greece’s border with Macedonia vowed to keep trying to cross yesterday, hours after EU leaders declared an end to a mass scramble to reach wealthy countries in Europe from war zones.
At least 34,000 people have been trapped in various parts of Greece from a cascade of border shutdowns further north blocking a so-called ‘Balkans corridor’ used by more than a million since the migratory wave started a year ago.
There was no sign the pressure was easing yesterday, as would-be migrants on Turkey’s Aegean coast vowed to continue attempting perilous sea crossings and thousands of people queued at Greece’s northern border for Macedonia to open a border gate.
Greek police say it has not opened in at least 24 hours, but heavy rain and a declaration by European Union leaders that a tentative accord reached with Turkey on Monday would close the Balkans route did not dampen their resolve.
“We will stay here even if we all die,” said Kadriya Jasem, a 25-year-old from Aleppo in Syria among at least 13,000 people living in squalor in makeshift camp in Idomeni, a village on the Greek side of the border with Macedonia.
At an EU summit on Monday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told leaders of the bloc Ankara was willing to take back all migrants who enter Europe from Turkey in return for financial aid, faster EU entry talks and quicker visa-free travel for its citizens.
EU leaders aim to work out key details with Turkey by the next scheduled summit on March 17-18. European Council President Donald Tusk, said the outcome would show migrants that there was no longer a path into Europe for people seeking a better life.
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