The EU-Turkey Deal: Early Success, but at an Unsustainable Price?

Elizabeth COLLETT Founding Director of Migration Policy Institute Europe (Brussels) Html code here! Replace this with any non empty text and that's it. Three months after the entry into effect of the high-profile EU-Turkey deal to manage the unprecedented flows of asylum seekers and migrants crossing the Aegean, the apparent success of the deal is clear. Flows have precipitously dropped, with average daily arrivals to the Greek islands down to around 50, from highs of nearly 2000 in the month prior to the deal, and over 10,000 at the height of the flow. European leaders have pronounced the initiative a resounding success, and the European crisis over. If arrival numbers are the sole benchmark of success or failure, then the goals of this deal have been met, and from a political perspective the deal has been a necessary intervention to reduce rising levels of chaos and public anxiety. However, the