EU Leaders Agree To Offer Easier Travel For Turkish Citizens

EU leaders have agreed to offer easier travel for Turkish citizens to the EU – as part of a new deal to ease the refugee crisis.

Visa restrictions for Turkish citizens will be eased – and in return, Turkey will improve conditions for Syrian refugees living there.

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Meanwhile, EU leaders have put pressure on the British Prime Minister to set out exactly what the UK wants from EU reforms.

David Cameron has agreed to offer clarity in a letter to the European Council President next month, ahead of a referendum in Britain on EU membership.

European Correspondent with the Irish Times Suzanne Lynch says Mr Cameron bowed to the pressure.