Turkey demands from the European Union EUR 20 billion in return for broader assistance in resolving the immigration crisis, reports Reuters, citing sources familiar with the situation.
According to earlier agreements, the EU was willing to allocate to the Turkish authorities on the reception of refugees 3 billion euros.
It is reported that Ankara suggested the summit, held in Brussels on Monday, to host all nesiriyskih refugees not granted asylum in European countries or were intercepted in the territorial waters of Turkey.
Diplomatic sources report that on Monday night during a preparatory meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu demanded that EU financial assistance, in excess of the previously negotiated amount. One of the interlocutor of the agency said that it is about 20 billion euros.
In addition, in exchange for the extension of the reception of migrants Turkey wants visa-free regime with the EU message began operating in June, not in October, as planned.
New proposals Davutoglu has led to a change in the schedule of the summit, which could last until the end of Monday.
According to the European Agency for the control of external borders of the EU of Frontex, the European Union from Turkey in January of this year profit 68 000 migrants, 38 times more than in January last year.
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