Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to hold key talks with EU officials in Brussels on how to deal with the migrant crisis. Turkey is home to at least two million Syrian refugees and has been one of the main departure points for those trying to reach Europe. It is thought EU officials will offer financial aid for more camps in Turkey. Mr Erdogan is expected to press for more EU involvement to end the war in Syria. EU leaders hope Syrian asylum seekers will stay in Turkey if camps there are better and if they have access to healthcare and jobs, correspondents report. The EU is also expected to demand the right to help patrol Turkey's coastline to crack down on people smugglers. As well as financial aid, the EU is expected to offer the resettlement of more Syrians in Europe and to speed up the process of lifting visa restrictions for Turkish travellers. On Sunday Mr Erdogan criticised European countries' migration policies at a rally in the French city of Strasbourg, accusing them of "confining refugees to the depths of the Mediterranean". He said his country had taught Europe and the world a "lesson on humanity" by hosting two million refugees from Syria, AP reports.
