Merkel Wrings Pledge From Turkey to Halt Refugee Flow to Europe
- Merkel, Davutoglu say illegal migration is a regional threat
- Turkish premier promises `new steps' to bring down numbers
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Turkey pledged to ratchet up efforts to halt the flow of refugees bound for Europe, offering German Chancellor Angela Merkel a lifeline as she vowed to stand by her open-door policy while targeting the root causes of migration.
Merkel and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu agreed that illegal migration presented a regional threat that must be addressed with “the utmost urgency,” they said in a statement after a joint meeting of the German and Turkish cabinets held in Berlin on Friday.