EU
Bids to stem migrant crisis
March 7, 2016 - Brussels plans a radical asylum overhaul which will shift sovereign control of asylum applications from individual states to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO).
Turkey offered the European Union greater help on Monday to stem a flood of migrants into Europe.
At an emergency EU-Turkey summit Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu demanded more money, faster accession talks and quicker visa-free travel for its citizens in exchange for supporting Syrian refugees in Turkey.