EU countries intend to tighten the principles of migration policy. This issue will be discussed at the summit of the heads of the EU member states, which will be held today in Brussels. The Turkish authorities also announced their intention to refuse to admit refugees.

The proposals on changing the migration course will be delivered by the President of the European Parliament (EP) Antonio Tayani and UN Representative for Migration Affairs Louise Arbor. In their report, they will focus on the introduction of additional measures against illegal migrants who travel by different routes to Europe from the Middle East and from North Africa, Izvestia writes,.

Politicians will be offered to concentrate on strengthening the protection of borders and in refugee reception centers due to the increase in the flow of illegal immigrants. In addition, they are in favor of keeping a detailed record of arrivals to the EU territory and monitoring their location in the countries of the bloc. The authors will also argue for the need to hold more meetings to develop programs to resolve the migration crisis. It is assumed that these measures will lead to maximum integration of European countries in solving the problem of refugees.

The press service of the European Council reported that special attention will be paid to the solution of the migration crisis and Brexit. The representative of the organization noted that during the summit a new vector of the EU migration policy will be defined. All heads of the member countries of the association will be able to present their own political projects. A special place in the negotiations is given to strengthening the services of the border guard and coast guard, as well as the return of refugees to their homeland.

The European Council notes that last year the number of illegal migrants from the Middle East and North Africa was reduced by half compared to 2015. : From about a million to 511 thousand. human. Nevertheless, the situation at the borders is still complex, and the aggregate number of migrants settling in the EU countries continues to grow.

Serious problems the European Union can throw and the Turkish authorities. Mehmet Bilden, the head of the local analogue of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, told reporters that the country has exhausted the possibilities to accommodate refugees on its territory and is taking measures to prevent new waves of internally displaced persons from Syria. As part of the May memorandum signed by Moscow, Ankara and Tehran, the Turks will send refugees back to Syria, to areas under the control of the opposition forces. The country's authorities are installing security zones on Syrian territory. They have already displaced 65,000 refugees from refugee camps. human.

All centers for migrants in Turkey are overcrowded. There are 260 thousand. human. Another 3 million Syrians settled in the country. The maintenance of refugees annually costs the Turkish budget about $ 5 billion. At the same time, the EU authorities are extremely reluctant to negotiate the payment of compensation to Ankara for the content of migrants. If the patience of the Turkish authorities burst, they can open borders to Europe, and then hundreds of thousands of people will rush into the EU.

Many European politicians are convinced in advance of the ineffectiveness of measures to overcome the migration problems that will be discussed at the Brussels summit. This is just an attempt to release steam and a little delay a new round of acute crisis.

"The decline in the flow of refugees, which is regularly written by European media, is only an attempt by the authorities to calm citizens. Without taking radical measures, the situation with refugees will not change exactly after one summit, "said Jiri Mashtalka, the Czech deputy from the Czech Republic.

Russian experts hold the same opinion. Timothy Bordachev, director of the Center for European Studies at the NRU-HSE, said that declarative statements and cosmetic measures will not seriously damage the EU's vector and overcome the consequences of the previous migration policy.