EU leaders have agreed a joint position to put to Turkey in an attempt to reach a deal over the migrant crisis, the BBC quoted Luxembourg's Prime Minister as saying on Friday.

    Xavier Bettel said the common EU position would be put to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu this morning.

    The proposed deal would see all migrants travelling to Greece from Turkey sent back. In return it is thought the EU might offer Turkey financial aid and visa-free access to Schengen countries. 

    As he arrived for the talks in Brussels, Davutoglu said he hoped they could "achieve our goal of helping all the refugees as well as deepening Turkish-EU relations".

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the EU needed to be ready to start returning migrants from Greece to Turkey rapidly to avoid a "pull factor" creating a surge of migrants before the new system takes effect.

Source : QNA