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Migration emergency over (for now), but not because of the EU-Turkey deal

Following the March 20 deal between the European Union (EU) and Turkey, the refugee flow from Turkey to Greece has declined from the levels in the earlier phases of the migration crisis in late 2015 and early 2016. The trend will likely lower the political pressure on many European leaders who negotiated the agreement, in which new migrants who arrive in Greece are to be sent back to Turkey on the condition that EU member states accept one Syrian refugee from Turkey for every one sent back. Stil

Source: Peterson Institute (PIIE)