The culmination of tense refugee talks in Europe, the suspension of the United Nations Development Program’s goodwill toward a tennis star and an introduction to the best teacher in the world. This week in development news.
Still summiting. Some say the next two days will be a refugee crisis game changer. Others say “another week, another EU summit.” Either way, tough talks await Turkey at a European Union summit on March 17-18. It’s meant to clinch the controversial “one in, one out” Turkey-EU draft deal to stem the flow of migrants to Europe in return for concessions to Turkey. German Chancellor Angela Merkel — under intense pressure at home after more than a million asylum-seekers entered Germany last year — said Wednesday the planned deal would be vital to easing Europe's migrant crisis, but stressed there won’t be any waffling on democratic principles to win over Ankara.
This week Devex digs into how best to assist people upon their arrival in a new country with #AcrossBorders, our effort to reshape the global conversation around migrants and refugees.