European Union leaders begin a difficult summit on Thursday to push for a crucial agreement with Turkey to curb the continent's massive migration crisis despite threats by Cyprus to sink the deal, AFP reports.
ailed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday as the "first real chance" to end the influx of refugees and migrants.
But the ambitious proposal, under which Turkey would take back all asylum seekers arriving in Greece in what has become Europe's biggest migrant crisis since World War II, faces heavy criticism on several fronts.