Enda Kenny backs giving Turkish visa-free entry to EU

Ireland supports giving Turkish citizens visa-free entry to the EU and €3bn funding in exchange for Turkey preventing refugees and migrants crossing into the EU, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said at a summit of EU leaders.

Enda Kenny backs giving Turkish visa-free entry to EU

None of Turkey’s 75 million people however will be eligible to come to Ireland or Britain as the visa liberalisation will apply only to the 26 country Schengen area.

The draft package for Turkey includes unlocking stalled negotiations on their joining the EU in exchange for strengthening their borders and taking back anybody illegally entering the EU from Turkey.

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