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EU, Turkey seek better relations at emergency refugee summit
RAF CASERT important for the future of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, center, speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel,
Associated Press our common bond in Eu- right, and Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann prior to a group photo at an EU-Turkey summit at
BRUSSELS (AP) — European rope.” the EU Council building in Brussels on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015. At a high-profile summit in Brussels
Union leaders eager for According to the Inter- on Sunday, European Union leaders will look to offer Turkey 3 billion euros ($3.2 billion), an eas-
Turkey’s help in the migrant national Organization for ing of visa restrictions and the fast-tracking of its EU membership process in return for tightening
crisis cautioned against Migration, almost 900,000 border security and take back some migrants who don’t qualify for asylum.
promising too much to people fleeing conflict
their often reluctant part- and poverty in the Middle (AP Photo/Francois Walscaerts)
ner at a summit in Brussels East, Africa and Asia have
Sunday, even as Turkey’s entered Europe this year Angela Merkel. human rights. forEU aid, he said, “we ex-
prime minister declared seeking sanctuary or jobs. Others though pointed out EU President Donald Tusk pect to see an immediate
the beginning of a new More than 600,000 have that any aid had to be off- put it straight to Davutoglu and substantial reduction
era for relations between entered through Greece, set by Turkish commitments during the opening session of irregular migrants arriv-
the two sides. many after making the on reform and respect for of the summit. In return ing to Europe.”q
French President Francois short sea crossing from Tur-
Hollande said Sunday that key.
the EU will need to moni- More than 2 million refu-
tor Turkey’s commitments gees from Syria also live
“step-by-step” to help end in Turkey, but according
Syria’s political crisis, fight to Amnesty International,
terrorism and deal with the only around one in 10 are
migrants crisis. He said any being helped by the gov-
funds of a 3 billion euros ernment. The rest fend
($3.2 billion) package to largely for themselves.
help Turkey deal with the Even if support for closer
migrants on its territory will relations with Turkey has of-
be released progressively ten been lukewarm at best
as the commitments are in many of the EU member
checked. states, the refugee crisis
“For the moment, there is has forced a drastic revi-
this 3 billion that has been sion of relations with An-
freed up and it will be re- kara.
leased bit by bit along “Turkey is right to expect
with the commitments that the EU provides relief,”
of Turkey,” Hollande said said German Chancellor
upon his departure from
the summit. Also part of Authorities search for 2 Australians missing in Mexico
the new approach toward
Turkey are EU promises to MARIA VERZA Coleman’s girlfriend, An- cords for matching and Chapo” Guzman, stretch-
make haste with easing Associated Press drea Gomez, told The As- she had “pieces of dread- es down Mexico’s Pacific
visa restrictions and fast- MEXICO CITY (AP) — sociated Press that she and locks” that Coleman had coast and would be on
tracking Turkey’s EUmem- Friends of two Australian Lucas’ partner, Josie Cox, given her. the route of most road trips
bership. In return, Ankara tourists missing for more will travel to the Sinaloan The Australians had been to Guadalajara from Van-
must tighten border secu- than a week in Mexico will capital of Culiacan on scheduled to meet with couver, where the men
rity and take back some travel to Sinaloa following Monday to see if two bod- Gomez in Guadalajara, had apparently acquired
migrants who don’t qualify a report that the men’s ies reportedly found inside Jalisco just over a week the van.
for asylum in Europe. van may have found in the the burned van are the ago but never arrived. She “They were hurrying to get
“I want there to be an drug gang-plagued state, Australians. said they put out an alert here, that’s why they were
agreement so that Turkey one of the friends said Sun- “Everything points to it be- on social media after re- traveling at night,” she
takes on commitments, day. ing them because the van porting the men missing. said, adding that the per-
Europe supports it, and Dean Lucas and Adam matches, it had a bicycle,” She said she was contact- son who told her about the
the refugees can be wel- Coleman were traveling said Gomez. “But nothing ed by someone who said sighting in Los Mochis also
comed,” Hollande said. from Edmonton, Cana- is confirmed yet. Josie is ar- the men had been seen told her about the burned
Turkey’s Prime Minister Ah- da to Mexico and were riving from Canada today on the night of Nov. 20 in a van being found.
met Davutoglu said he scheduled to arrive on and early Monday we are 24-hour convenience store She said they continue to
was “thankful to all Euro- Nov. 21 in the city of Gua- going to leave for Culia- in the town of Los Mochis, receive messages from
pean leaders for this new dalajara but failed to ap- can to see the bodies and Sinaloa looking for a map. people who say they saw
beginning, which is not just pear. The surfers were driv- do DNA tests.” Sinaloa, home of the pow- them “but we don’t know
a beginning of a meet- ing through Sinaloa when She said that Cox was erful cartel led by fugi- that is true and what is
ing but the beginning of a they went missing. bringing Lucas’ dental re- tive drug lord Joaquin “El not.”q
new process, which is very
