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EU-Turkey Refugee Plan Not Implemented - Tsipras

© REUTERS / Alkis KonstantinidisGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras delivers a speech marking one year since he was first elected to power in Athens, Greece, January 24, 2016.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras delivers a speech marking one year since he was first elected to power in Athens, Greece, January 24, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that the EU-Turkey agreements on migrant issue weren’t implemented by all sides.

A child gets assistance to remove her life jacket upon her arrival on an inflatable boat carrying migrants on the Greek island of Kos after crossing a part of the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Greece on August 13, 2015. - Sputnik International
EU-Turkey Deal Not Helping as Greece Becomes Refugee 'Black Box' - Tsipras
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — The EU-Turkey action plan to counter the ongoing refugee crisis has not been implemented by all sides, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Monday.

"This is our common problem. It’s not a problem of one country, it’s a European problem. Unfortunately, between the two summits, there were agreements that weren’t implemented [by] all sides," Tsipras told reporters before the EU-Turkey summit.

Tsipras also expressed hope that the talks would result in the parties finding and implementing ways to curb the refugee influx into the bloc, as well as destroying refugee smuggling networks.

Refugees and migrants walk after disembarking from passenger ferry Blue Star1 at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece, February 20, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Europe has been beset by a refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants fleeing their home countries in the Middle East and North Africa to escape violence and poverty.

In November 2015, the European Commission held a joint summit with Turkey. Following the meeting, the deal was agreed upon, under which Turkey promised to prevent refugees currently in the country or arriving there from reaching Europe in return for financial assistance in 2016-2017 and renewed talks on its EU accession.

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