No immediate solution to Europe's migrant crisis: Merkel
13:28, 28/10/2015, WednesdayU: Update: 13:39, 28/10/2015, Wednesday
Yeni Şafak
Merkel urges for a solution to sort out the migrant crisis step by step under a common EU policy, backed by Turkey
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she is convicted the number of refugees can only be reduced by acting together with Turkey, Greece and the European Union.
“Europe's refugee crisis can only be solved step by step with EU nations and Turkey working together," Merkel said, speaking at a joint news conference in Berlin with Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez.
The iron lady of Germany has been insisting to unify all EU member states under a common policy to cope with the massive stream of the migrants of which her country will accept the largest share until the end of 2015. She has strived to convince the EU leaders to share the burden of the newcomers, saying sealing off EU borders is not a feasible solution in the internet age.
"We cannot flip the switch in one go — we must proceed step by step,"she said, according to AP.
The German chancellor also suggests November 1 is very crucial in respects of improving mutual relations with Turkey and implementation the Turkey-EU action plan. “Cooperation with Turkey can be stepped up after Sunday's election there, she said.