The Bosphorus Bridge and the construction site of the new Camlica mosque are pictured at sunrise in Istanbul, Turkey, February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkey is not delivering sufficiently on reforms to meet the terms of a migration deal that would allow Turks visa-free travel into the European Union, a senior EU official told Reuters on Thursday, citing an EU Commission report.
Under the agreement reached in March last year at the peak of Europe's biggest migration crisis since World War Two, Turkey committed to preventing Middle Eastern and Asian refugees moving from its territory into the EU, in exchange for financial support and visa-free access for its citizens.
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