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Erdogan: EU has created 'migrant cemetery' in Mediterranean

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the EU of turning the Mediterranean into a "migrant cemetery".

"European countries, which turned the Mediterranean Sea - the cradle of ancient civilisations - into a migrant cemetery are party to the crime that takes place when each refugee loses their life," he said in a speech in Ankara on Thursday.