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EU ‘has no vision to deal with refugees’
Rights envoy calls on rich countries to do more

by Our Foreign Desk

A UN human rights envoy savaged the European Union’s “lack of vision” over the refugee crisis yesterday, adding that he had doubts whether the bloc’s deal with Turkey on the issue was even legal.

Special rapporteur on the rights of migrants Francois Crepeau spoke out after five days touring the detention centres and migrant camps that have sprung up across Greece.

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