{"id":223209,"date":"2016-06-17T13:52:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T13:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=223209"},"modified":"2016-06-17T13:52:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T13:52:33","slug":"europe-migrant-crisis-charity-rejects-eu-funds-over-migration-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/europe-migrant-crisis-charity-rejects-eu-funds-over-migration-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe migrant crisis: Charity rejects EU funds over migration policy"},"content":{"rendered":"
Medical aid charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says it will no longer take funds from the European Union in protest at its migration policy.<\/p>\n
MSF singled out the EU’s deal with Turkey under which Turkey agreed to take back any migrants who crossed the sea to Greece in smugglers’ boats.<\/p>\n
The number of migrants – many from war-torn Syria – to Europe is at its highest level since World War Two.<\/p>\n
The charity received $63m (\u00a344m) from the EU and its members last year.<\/p>\n