STRASBOURG (Sputnik) – The PACE head pointed to Turkey’s efforts to tackle the migrant crisis, saying it was a good example for Europe.
"What we the Europeans have done so far, I'm not proud of, " Brasseur said at a press conference.
PACE will hold a current affairs debate on the "refugee drama and migration phenomenon" in Europe on Thursday, the president added.
The European Union was forced to come up with a response to the migration issue as more than 60,000 asylum seekers had attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea in 2015. Nearly 2,000 have drowned since the beginning of the year trying to flee armed conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa.
Turkey was named by the United Nations as the country with the world's largest refugee population. The country is currently hosting about two million Syrian refugees.
