Greek-Turkish Joint Working Group on the migration/refugee crisis convenes (Foreign Ministry, 1 February 2016)

The second meeting of the Greek-Turkish Joint Working Group on the migration/refugee crisis convened at the Foreign Ministry today, Monday, 1 February.

The talks focused on ways to strengthen cooperation between the two sides with the aim of reducing migration flows and combatting human trafficking rings. Emphasis was put on the need to implement the bilateral readmission protocol as well as the measures agreed upon between the EU and Turkey for effectively reducing the unprecedented refugee and migration flows.

February 1, 2016