EU confirms Turkey migration summit on March 7

EU confirms Turkey migration summit on March 7

BRUSSELS - Agence France-Presse

A man holds his baby wearing a life jacket upon their arrival with other refugees and migrants to the port of the northern island of Lesbos in Mytilene after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on February 19, 2016. AFP Photo

European Union leaders will hold a special summit with Turkey on the migration crisis on March 7, European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told the European Parliament on Feb. 24. 

"We will organise a special meeting with Turkey on March 7," Tusk also said in a tweet.  

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