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Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Junker. 'The goals of EU assistance are increasingly at odds with the goals of the government in Ankara' (Photo: Council of the European Union)

Trump's Syria move will have consequences for migration

by Jessica Bither, Brussels,

The US announcement to give free reign to a Turkish offensive into northern Syria has consequences for migration to Europe as well.

Next to the increase of arrivals on the Greek islands of recent months - the highest numbers since the EU-Turkey statement of March 2016 - events in Syria, and the situation of Syrians in Turkey, will determine the future of EU cooperation with Turkey ...

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EU & the World Migration Opinion

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Jessica Bither is a migration fellow and senior program officer with the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

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EU & the World Migration Opinion

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Jessica Bither is a migration fellow and senior program officer with the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

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