A migrant woman carries her belongings as she walks next to the Turkey's Pazarkule border crossing with Greece's Kastanies, near Edirne, Turkey, March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
KASTANIES/LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) - European Union officials on Tuesday promised more cash for Greece during a visit to its border with Turkey which tens of thousands of migrants and refugees have been trying for days to breach.
The officials urged Turkey to abide by a 2016 deal which requires it to keep the migrants on its soil in return for EU aid. After an upsurge in fighting in Syria last week, Ankara says it will no longer stop migrants who want to reach Europe.
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