Very soon, refugee flows decreased to the point of ceasing completely. In reality, the refugee flows stopped for two other reasons. Turkey's Foreign Minister explicitly linked the viability of the deal with the EU fulfilling its pledge to grant Turks visa-free travel by October. The refugee deal stipulated that Turkey would accept back migrants who had crossed into Greece , while the EU would resettle refugees directly from Turkey on a one-for-one basis. For the EU, the refugee crisis is now in a new phase: attention has shifted to the challenges of integration , co-existence with Islam, and radicalization .

Source: CNN August 05, 2016 13:52 UTC