Athens wants to revamp EU-Turkey migrant deal Greek interior minister says now is time to ‘reenergize, rejuvenate and expand’ pact that returns migrants to Turkey.

September 29, 2023   

(Politico) Athens wants to expand a migration deal with Turkey, Greek Interior Minister Dimitrios Kairidis said.

The European Union reached the contentious agreement with Turkey at the peak of the migration crisis in March 2016. It foresaw that all undocumented migrants arriving from Turkey to the Greek islands without admissible asylum applications should be returned to Turkey.

But these days, that deal “does not work, Turkey does not take back people,” Kairidis told POLITICO.

After a meeting with EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser in Brussels on Thursday, Kairidis said there’s “more cooperation from the Turkish side and better guarding of the border.” Germany is concerned because many migrants who cross into the EU from Turkey are destined for Germany.

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