20160526 C/A 01 - Lei - EU MIGRANTS TURKEY

Turkey's President has refused to continue implementing a migrant readmission agreement with the European Union until Turkish citizens are given visa-free access to the bloc.Recep Tayyip Erdogan [ret-CHEP TY-yip ER-doe-ahn] says Turkey will block the deal it reached with the E-U in March amid growing signs that visa liberalisation won't happen by the agreed deadline.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the end of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul (AAP) Source: AAP