Merkel consults on refugees in Turkey

ankara - German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived Monday for talks with Turkish leaders on the refugee crisis in Ankara. In the morning she will consult with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, in the afternoon a meeting with Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the program.

The consultation is about how Turkey can contribute to limiting the flow of refugees to Europe and what help it needs that. In November, the European Union and Turkey agreed. The government in Ankara undertook, inter alia, to better monitor the borders. In return, Brussels 3 billion previously promised for the reception of almost three million refugees. In the EU, the Turkish efforts hitherto seen as inadequate.