歐洲理事會主席赴雅典討論移民問題

European Council President Donald Tusk visits Greece and Turkey Thursday and Friday to discuss the migrant crisis at its front lines.

歐洲理事會主席圖斯克星期四和星期五訪問希臘和土耳其，討論歐洲面臨的移民危機。

Tusk is aiming to ease tensions among European Union members before a meeting with Turkey on the migration issue. The meeting is scheduled for Monday in Brussels.

圖斯克要爭取在歐盟與土耳其商討移民問題之前緩解歐盟成員國間的緊張關係。歐盟與土耳其定於下星期一在布魯塞爾舉行會議。

Tusk is expected to hold talks with Greek officials in Athens Thursday, followed on Friday by a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul.

圖斯克預計星期四在雅典與希臘官員會談，星期五在伊斯坦布爾會見土耳其總統埃爾多安。

Turkey, Greece, and other Balkan nations are dealing with an overload of migrants from the Middle East and northern Africa who want to pass through on their way west, to Germany and other wealthier nations. Greece, which was already in a tight financial situation before the migrant crisis began, has asked for more than $500 million from the European Union to help it handle expenses.

目前土耳其、希臘以及其他巴爾幹半島國家正在應對從中東和北非涌入的大量移民，他們希望取道這些國家前往德國和其他富有國家。在移民危機出現之前，希臘已經處於財政困境，因此要求歐盟提供5億多美元來幫助希臘支付處理難民問題的開支。

Turkey has offered to sign readmission agreements with 14 countries, which would enable Ankara to quickly take back migrants rejected by the EU, a foreign ministry spokesman said.

土耳其外交部發言人說，土耳其已經提議與14個國家簽署重新准入協議，以使安卡拉儘快重新接收被歐盟成員國拒絕接納的移民。