{"id":24565,"date":"2016-04-13T02:12:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T02:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/majority-of-germans-oppose-eu-turkey-migrant-deal\/"},"modified":"2016-04-13T02:12:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T02:12:05","slug":"majority-of-germans-oppose-eu-turkey-migrant-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/majority-of-germans-oppose-eu-turkey-migrant-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of Germans oppose EU-Turkey migrant deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Most also don\u2019t tend to see Ankara as a trusted partner, let alone a potential member in the union.}<\/p>\n<p>The majority of Germans believe that EU-Turkey deal is a bad idea and will not work properly, according to a recent poll.<\/p>\n<p>Most also don\u2019t tend to see Ankara as a trusted partner, let alone a potential member in the union.<\/p>\n<p>Under a plan agreed in Brussels earlier in March, all migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey would be returned.<\/p>\n<p>For each Syrian sent back, another Syrian already in Turkey would be resettled in the EU. Turkey had been offered extra funding and acceleration of EU integration talks.<\/p>\n<p>While Brussels sees the deal as a principal breakthrough in tackling the crisis, in Germany \u2014 which championed the Turkey pact and has taken in over 1.1 million refugees \u2014 public perceptions appear to be different.<\/p>\n<p>According to a poll released by ARD-Deutschlandtrend, 56 per cent of Germans \u2014 up from 49 per cent last month \u2014 described the deal as \u2018rather bad\u2019, compared to 39 per cent rating it \u2018rather good\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was conducted between 4 and 5 April and involved 1,005 respondents.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, around 200 refugees arrived in Turkey after being deported from EU member Greece.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first \u2018one-in, one-out\u2019 deportation aimed at stemming the flow of migrants.<\/p>\n<p>However, 41 per cent of Germans do not believe that the number of arrivals will drop, marginally more than the 40 per cent who believe the scheme will work.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Greece was stepping up efforts today to persuade hundreds of migrants to leave a squalid camp on its border with Macedonia where violence broke out at the weekend, officials said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-11609 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/672262-01-02_285_29-2.jpg\" alt=\"Frontex officials escort a migrant aboard a Turkish boat heading to Turkey on April 8, 2016 in the port of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Most also don\u2019t tend to see Ankara as a trusted partner, let alone a potential member in the union.} The majority of Germans believe that EU-Turkey deal is a bad idea and will not work properly, according to a recent poll. 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