Tusk: Turkey is not the only key to resolve crisis

Turkey and EU struck a multibillion deal to stem the flow of migrants at the Sunday summit in Brussels. “We have reached an agreement which I hope will be accepted”, said the EU Council president Donald Tusk before the start of the summit. “Let us not us not be naive though”, he continued. “Turkey is not the only key to resolving the migration crisis. The important one is our responsibility and duty to protect our external border. We cannot outsource this obligation to any third country. Without control on our external borders, Schengen will become history,” Tusk said. The agreement offers Ankara fast-tracked visa privileges, €3 billion in aid and the prospect of revitalized EU membership talks. In turn, Turkey pledged to choke off the migrant flow into Greece and Bulgaria.