Turkey's Erdogan threatened to flood Europe with migrants (demanding 6 billion euros over two years)

Turkish President Erdogan threatened in November to flood Europe with migrants if EU leaders did not offer him a better deal to manage refugees, a Greek website said...

Publishing what it said were minutes of a tense meeting last November, the euro2day.gr financial news website revealed deep mutual irritation and distrust in talks between Erdogan and the EU's two top officials, Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk.

The EU officials were trying to enlist Ankara's help in stemming an influx of Syrian refugees and migrants into Europe. Over a million arrived last year, most crossing the narrow sea gap between Turkey and islands belonging to EU member Greece.

• Tusk's European Council and Juncker's European Commission declined to confirm or deny the authenticity of the document, and Erdogan's office in Ankara had no immediate comment.

The account of the meeting, in English, was produced in facsimile on the website. It does not state when or where the meeting took place, but it appears to have been on Nov. 16 in Antalya, Turkey, where the three met after a G20 summit there.

"We can open the doors to Greece and Bulgaria anytime and we can put the refugees on buses. So how will you deal with refugees if you don't get a deal? Kill the refugees?" Erdogan was quoted in the text as telling the EU officials.

It also quoted him as demanding 6 billion euros over two years. When Juncker made clear only half that amount was on offer, he said Turkey didn't need the EU's money anyway...
 thetoc.gr
8/2/16