Donald Tusk: EU and Turkey adopted an action plan on migration

Turkish and European officials said the summit would agree to open Chapter 17 of Turkey’s accession process – covering economic and monetary policy – by mid-December. “It’s important in so many aspects because it’s the first EU-Turkey summit in 11 years”, Davutoglu told reporters at Ankara airport as he left for Brussels.

“I can guarantee that Turkey will be completing and fulfilling all the promises mentioned in the joint action plan”, Davutoglu said.

“Turkey is to get some Euro 3 B in funding, visa liberalization with the EU, and the prospect of having membership talks renewed, EU and Turkish leaders have decided at a Sunday EU%2C+Turkey+to+Hold+Summit+on+Migration+Crisis” summit.

Turkey’s progress in meeting the terms would be reviewed at least once a month, he said.

The deepening chaos in nations from Libya to Syria has spawned an unprecedented wave of people seeking shelter within the European Union this year, with the majority of the 1.5 million people that illegally entered the bloc this year gaining access through Turkey, according to Tusk.

About 200,000 migrants a month, arrive in Germany to seek asylum, with many travelling via Turkey, and Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, has led the negotiations for the EU deal with Turkey in spite of reservations from other European leaders.

“Without control on our external borders Schengen will become history”, Tusk added. Sunday’s deal sets twice-yearly Turkey-EU summits “in an appropriate format”.

Follow Jake Parrock on Twitter @jackeparrock Turkey plays host to more than two million asylum seekers, mainly people displaced by the Syrian conflict.

But BBC Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen says there’s unwillingness among some European Union members when you can find serious worries about its government’s regard for democracy as well as the rule of law, to bow too deeply to Turkey.

Euractiv, an independent online media platform that publishes in 12 different languages, has more detail on the deal and wrangling about where the €3 billion will come from.

Establishing unity among the EU’s leaders may be just as hard as winning cooperation from Turkey, with several European nations opposing contributing to the aid package.

“Both sides will, as agreed and with immediate effect, step up their active cooperation on migrants who are not in need of worldwide protection, preventing travel to Turkey and the European Union, ensuring the application of the established bilateral readmission provisions and swiftly returning migrants who are not in need of global protection to their countries of origin”, the draft, seen by Reuters, said.

“One main part of this EU-Turkey plan will be how we can replace illegal migration by legal migration; how we can improve the situation of refugees within Turkey”.

“We have not forgotten the differences that still remain with Turkey over human rights and freedom of the press, and we will return to them”, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pledged.