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| The European Council president, Donald Tusk, has warned economic migrants not to come to Europe, after holding talks on the refugee crisis with the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras. | The European Council president, Donald Tusk, has warned economic migrants not to come to Europe, after holding talks on the refugee crisis with the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras. |
| “I want to appeal to all potential illegal economic migrants, wherever you are from: do not come to Europe. Do not believe the smugglers. Do not risk your lives and your money. It is all for nothing,” Tusk said at a press conference in Athens. | “I want to appeal to all potential illegal economic migrants, wherever you are from: do not come to Europe. Do not believe the smugglers. Do not risk your lives and your money. It is all for nothing,” Tusk said at a press conference in Athens. |
| “Greece or any other European country will no longer be a transit country. The Schengen rules will enter into force again,” he added. | “Greece or any other European country will no longer be a transit country. The Schengen rules will enter into force again,” he added. |
| “Excluding Greece from Schengen is neither an end nor a means in this crisis. Greece is part of Schengen, of the euro area and of the European Union and will remain so.” | “Excluding Greece from Schengen is neither an end nor a means in this crisis. Greece is part of Schengen, of the euro area and of the European Union and will remain so.” |
| Tusk is in Athens as part of a regional tour to address the migration crisis. He has also travelled to Slovenia, and later on Thursday he will meet the Turkish prime minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, in Ankara, where he will urge Turkey to offer more help in reducing the flow of migrants to Europe via Greece. | |
| Tusk will then travel on to Istanbul for talks on Friday with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before next week’s EU summit with Turkey in Brussels, where the migration crisis will top the agenda. | Tusk will then travel on to Istanbul for talks on Friday with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before next week’s EU summit with Turkey in Brussels, where the migration crisis will top the agenda. |