EU-Turkey Deal / Refugees / Border Security......
Best from before.....
The @DerSPIEGEL correspondent in Turkey, @HasnainKazim, reported critically on the country. So he was forced out. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/spiegel-correspondent-forced-to-leave-turkey-a-1083144.html …
Natasha Bertaud
#RefugeeCrisis: @EU_Commission reports on progress on #relocation & resettlement commitments http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-829_en.htm …
Today's items.....
Austrian President Heinz Fischer (SPO): only 35-50% chance that #EUTurkey deal will work (DPA)
TURKEY INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS SEVEN PROVINCES AND SIRNAK CITY CENTRE NOW UNDER CURFEW
On Saturday there were 47,500 migrants in Greece, including 8,200 on the islands and 10,500 massed in Idomeni http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/20/greece-delays-sending-refugees-back-to-turkey-under-eu-deal?CMP=twt_gu …
600 migrants in 4 boats rescued off the coast of #Libya on Saturday.
Istanbul bomber ISIL-linked, says Interior minister http://bit.ly/1RcmO7T
When suicide bombers in Turkey have Kurdish links, it takes 12 hours to ID them. ISIS links, 48 hours.
'Some patients claim to have been kept in an abandoned building and beaten by #FYROM police from 4pm into yesterday evening,' says MSF
Doctors Without Borders cites dozens as saying they were surrounded & beaten with metal bars, some of them suffering fractures
#Macedonia police accused of beating for hours #migrants who tried to cross border at Idomeni, stealing valuables
Swedish lawyers condemn EU-Turkey migrants deal http://bit.ly/1TYjF10
Greece delays sending refugees back to Turkey under EU deal http://u.afp.com/Z8fu #refugeesGr
Greece......
Letter by German & French IntMins: Will send 400 offcls for Frontex, 200 for asylum agncy to #Greece ~@StefanLeifert
Two migrants found dead on Greek island http://dlvr.it/KqxmDY
The deep roots of tax evasion http://dlvr.it/Kqxlyq
Migrants Entering Greece from Turkey Receive New Classification http://dlvr.it/Kr2PXd #Greece
EU-Turkey Deal Leaves Refugees Stranded in Greece http://dlvr.it/Kr2PZJ #Greece
#Greece govt & the Institutions hold last meeting before Easter holiday break.
Some progress achieved but many gaps remain.
#pensionreformGR
Center-left leaders disagree over whether to include SYRIZA in talks http://dlvr.it/Kqf6qT
#Greece MinFin Euclid Tsakalotos threatened to resume negotiations with the IMF in #Idomeni. http://on.ft.com/1VkBqHm
EU Appoints Coordinator to Help Organize Asylum Services in Greece http://dlvr.it/Kqczk0 #Greece
UK Referendum.........
Cartoon of the day: by Bob, The Telegraph.
"The effects of immigration now outweigh any trade benefits the EU brings":
Agree: 54%
Disagree: 21%
(via Opinium)
The EU's free movement of people (right to live/work/retire) is generally a...
Good thing: 32%
Bad thing: 44%
(via Opinium)
Leaving the EU would be (X) for your personal financial situation:
Good: 38%
Bad: 30%
(via Opinium)
Britain being a member of the EU is generally a...
Good thing: 47%
Bad thing: 35%
(via Opinium
EU referendum poll:
Remain: 40%
Leave: 41%
(via Opinium)
My summary of the arguments for leaving the EU (and demolition of the scaremongering arguments for staying in) http://eu-facts.org.uk/2016/03/17/toby-young-why-ill-be-voting-leave-on-23-june/ …
NEW ON OUR BLOG - The EU-Turkey deal: what's in it and what it means for the UK. Read our instant take: http://openeurope.org.uk/today/blog/the-eu-turkey-migrant-deal-whats-in-it-and-what-it-means-for-the-uk/ … #EUCO
Hong Kong's richest man suggests he'd scale back British investments if #Brexit happens http://bloom.bg/1PdsJXU
Spain .......
At least 14 students feared dead in bus crash in Spain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/12199426/At-least-14-students-feared-dead-in-bus-crash-in-Spain.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …
Spain's political stalemate starts taking economic toll http://f24.my/1R6ZnQE
Thousands in #Spain Protest "uncaring" approach to Migrants
Read News @ http://2020.fm/Akm
France ........
Abdeslam to be handed over to France in 90 days at most: minister http://f24.my/1ZfoHpv
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam is fighting extradition from Belgium to France: http://bit.ly/1nY2KxF
Govt debt, % of GDP
Japan: 230%
Italy 133%
US: 103%
France 96%
UK: 89%
Germany 72%
Brazil: 66%
India: 66%
China: 41%
Russia 18%
Turkey: 33%
Why #France has Become a Prime Target for Terrorists
Read Opinion @ http://2020.fm/Akc
Fears of terrorism & refugees are turning Germany, France & Spain into surveillance states, writes @SuzanneNossel http://atfp.co/1XCG6al
Lawyer: Abdeslam refuses extradition to France — but is cooperating with authorities http://politi.co/21AFzXj
Germany.......
ANGELA MERKEL"S NIGHTMARE Germany faces EU referendum demands over migrant crisis http://goo.gl/OpQTYh
Germany and Japan have the world's oldest populations. Niger has the youngest. http://bit.ly/1SWNT3o
Three regional elections have radically changed Germany’s political landscape http://econ.st/1Za5ZzB
Germany issues second warning to citizens in Turkey, urges them not to leave hotels http://www.turkishminute.com/national_germany-issues-second-warning-to-citizens-in-turkey-urges-them-no-to-leave-hotels_403830.html …
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