'Turkey wants more EU funding '

brussels - Turkey has asked the European Union to get more money for the refugees.

,, Ankara wants 5 billion. We are only prepared to give the promised 3 billion, '' said a senior EU diplomat at the German newspaper Die Welt.

The Turkish government would also want a greater say in how the money is spent. European support the living conditions of the 2.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey need improvement. The country promised in return to perform for that stricter border controls.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte said earlier this month that Turkey at present does not have to rely on financial support.,, The three billion euros that the EU has committed itself, must be spent wisely, '' said Rutte.,, And that's a hell of a job. ''