EU Plans Refugee-Control Deals With Mideast, Africa Nations
- Europe dangles 8 billion euros of aid to lure poorer partners
- Accord with Turkey in March inspires idea of more agreements
A group of refugees wait after they were captured by coast guard while trying to pass illegally to Chios of Greek from Cesme in Izmir, Turkey on May 24, 2016. Turkish coast guard captured approximately 42 refugees after the operation.
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The European Union laid out plans for migration-control agreements with countries ranging from Lebanon to Nigeria in a bid to prevent waves of arrivals that would risk destabilizing governments and stoking populism in Europe.
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