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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting marking the International Women's Day, in Istanbul, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Erdogan called on Greece to open its borders and allow the migrants to move on to other European countries. His deputy Fuat Oktay is at the right, and his wife Emine Erdogan at the left.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

EU, Turkey to review migrant deal as border tensions simmer

By LORNE COOK and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Children play as migrants gather in a field in Edirne, near the Turkish-Greek border on Sunday, March 8, 2020. Thousands of migrants headed for Turkey's land border with Greece after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government said last week that it would no longer prevent migrants and refugees from crossing over to European Union territory. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Amid tensions, fire damages Greek island refugee center

By DEMETRIS NELLAS - Associated Press

Migrants sit around a fire in Edirne near the Turkish-Greek border on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Turkey said Thursday it would deploy special forces along its land border with Greece to prevent Greek authorities from pushing back migrants trying to cross into Europe, after Turkey declared its previously guarded gateways to Europe open. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Migrants, police clash again on Greek-Turkish border

By Costas Kantouris - Associated Press

European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 5, 2020. The Brexit negotiators have said there are many divergences between the 27-country bloc and the UK after the first round of negotiations aimed at defining their future relationship. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU’s Barnier warns of big divergences with UK in talks

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and European Council President Charles Michel shake hands before a meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The two are expected to discuss the situation in Syria and migrants.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

EU, Turkey trade blame on deal as thousands gather at border

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Migrants climb a fence installed by Turkish authorities near the Turkish-Greek border in Pazarkule on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Greek authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades Wednesday morning to repulse a push by migrants to cross its land border from Turkey, as pressure continued along its frontier after Turkey said its own border with Europe was open to whoever wanted to cross. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Five years on, ill-prepared EU sees migrants on its borders

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 4, 2017 file photo people protest in front of the Central European University central building in Budapest, Hungary. An opinion by the European Union's Court of Justice agrees with the bloc's executive body that amendments by Hungary to its law on higher education were not in line with EU law. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP, file)

Hungary seen breaking EU rules with education law amendments

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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend the weekly College of Commissioners meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who has put climate change at the top of her priorities and pledged to make Europe the first climate neutral continent by 2050, will present her plans on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU commission unveils climate law amid criticism

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Greek riot police guard as migrants stand on a fence as they try to enter Greece from Turkey at the Greek-Turkish border in Kastanies on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Facing a potential wave of nearly a million people fleeing fighting in northern Syria, Turkey has thrown open its borders with Greece to thousands of refugees and other migrants trying to enter Europe, and has threatened to send "millions" more. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Turkey opens borders, reignites refugee crisis in Europe

By Jabeen Bhatti and Nikolia Apostolou - Special to The Washington Times

Migrants arrive at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing on a dinghy the Aegean sea from Turkey on Monday, March 2, 2020. Thousands of migrants and refugees massed at Turkey's western frontier, trying to enter Greece by land and sea after Turkey said its borders were open to those hoping to head to Europe. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

AP EXPLAINS: The new migration crisis at Europe’s borders

By ANDREW WILKS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS - Associated Press

Migrants walk towards to a refugee camp after they come back from the immigration inside a refugee camp in Kokkinotrimithia outside of Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. The government of ethnically divided Cyprus is ramping up measures to stem migrant inflows amid fears of a surge of new arrivals following Turkey's decision to open its borders to those seeking to enter Europe illegally. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus sees surge in migrants after Turkey opens border

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Greek Army detain migrants in the village of Mandra, Evros region, at the Greek-Turkish border on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. A child died when a boat full of migrants heading to a Greek island capsized Monday, part of a wave of thousands trying to push through Greece's land and sea borders. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Thousands of migrants look for way around shut Greek border

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen rings a bell to signal the start of a weekly College of Commissioners meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Greens, Thunberg say EU climate law lacks ambition

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shook up his government on Thursday, firing and appointing ministers to key Cabinet posts. Johnson was aiming to tighten his grip on government after winning a big parliamentary majority in December's election. That victory allowed Johnson to take Britain out of the European Union in January. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

EU-UK trade talks kick off amid threats and deadlines

By LORNE COOK and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019 file photo, Myron Brilliant, center, executive vice president and head of International Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce speaks during a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs to another $112 billion in Chinese imports Sept. 1 and plans to extend import taxes to everything China ships to the United States Dec. 15. The Associated Press spoke with Myron Brilliant, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s head of international affairs and a veteran of U.S.-China negotiations. (Wu Hong/Pool Photo via AP, File) **FILE**

U.S. eyes post-Brexit trade deals with Britain, European Union

By Madison Hirneisen - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, left, shake hands at the State Department, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EU welcomes Kosovo cut to Serbia tariffs, US says not enough

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Migrants arrive with a dinghy accompanied by a Frontex vessel at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. An air strike by Syrian government forces killed scores of Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, a Turkish official said Friday, marking the largest death toll for Turkey in a single day since it first intervened in Syria in 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Turkey moves ahead with its threats to send refugees to EU

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

In this photo issued by UK parliament, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 3rd from right, during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Wednesday Feb. 26, 2020. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, 2nd right, and Home Secretary Priti Patel, left. (Jessica Taylor/House of Commons via AP)

Britain opens EU trade talks with a threat to walk away

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Local residents gather at a roadblock in Karava, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. Greece's government hoped to defuse tensions after protests over plans for new migrant camps on two of its islands Wednesday turned into violent clashes between police and local residents, some armed with Molotov cocktails and shotguns.(AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Greek islanders protest planned migrant centers for 4th day

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Finnish minister: EU needs to establish own OS, web browser

By JARI TANNER - Associated Press