Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a revision of the migration regulations between Turkey and the European Union (EU), days after Ankara opened its borders to outgoing refugees into Europe.
In a phone call on Friday, Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that migration regulations between Ankara and Brussels were not working and needed to be revised, according to the Turkish presidency.
Late last month, Ankara said it would no longer prevent refugees from reaching Europe as it had been agreed upon in a 2016 deal with the EU. Greece — which shares a border with Turkey — and the EU have since accused Ankara of deliberately encouraging the refugees to cross the border as a way of pressuring European leaders into offering more financial assistance or backing Turkey’s campaign in Syria.
The influx of refugees sparked fears of a repeat of the 2015 refugee crisis, when over one million refugees arrived in the EU, most of them fleeing conflict zones in the Middle East and North Africa, via Turkish territory.
The Turkish decision to allow refugees to cross the border into Europe followed an escalation of clashes in the Syrian province of Idlib.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Erdogan agreed to a truce in Idlib on Thursday.
Erdogan also told Merkel that the ceasefire agreement with Russia was aimed to protect civilians and Turkish forces there.
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