Qudmany and the rest of the survivors are among those who have made the crossing since an EU deal with Turkey came into effect in March. With tensions growing between Turkey and Europe, the deal itself is teetering toward collapse. “Just as I had been scared for my life in Syria, I started feeling the same way in Turkey,” Qudmany says. But these improvements are little consolation for the stranded asylum seekers, whose futures hang in the precarious balance of the EU–Turkey deal. Meanwhile, architects of the EU–Turkey deal claim that Greece is becoming the “Nauru Island of Europe.”

Source: Huffington Post November 03, 2016 15:26 UTC