ISTANBUL: The EU’s Donald Tusk was due to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for key talks on the migrant crisis Friday, after saying the number of people trying to enter the bloc via Turkey remained “far too high”.

The Istanbul meeting is the last stage in a regional tour for the EU president, also taking in Greece and Slovenia, ahead of a Turkey-EU summit in Brussels next week where the continuing flow of migrants will top the agenda.

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