Is it a more serious threat than the previous ones to gain Western support, or has Ankara really decided to open its borders to migrants who wish to join the European Union? For the time being, the result is the same. The statements of a Turkish representative to the Reuters agency seem to have created almost instantly an "air call" of migrants towards the Union. " We have decided, with immediate effect, to no longer prevent Syrian refugees from reaching Europe by land or sea, " said the representative, Thursday evening, after the death of 33 Turkish soldiers. " All refugees, including the Syrians, are now invited to enter the European Union, " he added.
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As of Friday morning, groups of migrants were trying to leave Turkey to join the EU. By midday, a few hundred were stranded in the buffer zone between Greece and Turkey. Several dozen were also trying to reach the Greek island of
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