Europe closes its doors to refugees (video)
European Council President Donald Tusk gave a stark warning Thursday to potential migrants thinking of traveling to Europe. "I want to appeal to all potential illegal, economic migrants wherever you are from," Tusk said. “Do not come to Europe. Do not believe the smugglers. Do not risk your lives and your money; it is all for nothing. Greece or any other European country will no longer be a transit country." Tusk spoke from Athens, where he met Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for emergency talks during a tour of nations grappling with the migrant crisis. He's preparing for an important EU-Turkey meeting on the subject in Brussels on Monday. The United Nations estimates that more than half of the arrivals in Greece are fleeing war in Syria or Iraq and are legitimate refugees, rather than economic migrants. The EU President is scheduled to meet with Turkey’s President on Friday. Turkey has offered to sign an agreement with 14 European countries, according to which Ankara will admit refugees who have been denied access to the EU member states.
