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Talks with Turkey on dealing with the refugee crisis should not be linked to the country’s efforts to join the EU, warned Martin Schulz. The EP President addressed European heads of state and government at the start of the EU summit on 17-18 March dedicated to the migration crisis and economic priorities. “Turkey won’t get any discounts on media freedom and minority protection, the separation of powers or the rule of law,” he said, calling them “non-negotiable issues”.

Signaling a great urgency to address the crisis of millions of people forcibly displaced from their homes, leaders of multilateral development banks, UN agencies and major NGOs today agreed to strengthen collective action and to work together more effectively.

A Syrian refugee hugs her daughter moments after reaching the shores of Lesvos island in an inflatable boat earlier this year.

MEPs stressed that the current asylum system does not take proper account of the particular migratory pressures faced by member states with EU external borders

A Mozambican family is registered by UNHCR staff at the Kapise site, Malawi.

The terrorist attacks in Paris last November have led to the European Commission proposing updated rules to prevent guns ending up in the wrong hands. However, could these new rules have unintended consequences? The internal market committee debated the proposals and their possible impact with experts during a hearing on Tuesday 15 March.

Newly arrived Syrian refugee women and children queue for registration and aid distribution in the town of Arsal, Lebanon, February 17 2014.

UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt talks with Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

102 humanitarian agencies urged sustained and unconditional humanitarian access to all Syrians on March 15, 2016.

UNICEF Regional Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia Sachin Tendulkar bats at the launch of the ICC Cricket for Good and Team Swachh campaign, New Delhi.