David Cameron welcomed the EU deal with Turkey saying that it could “significantly” reduce numbers of migrants crossing the eastern Mediterranean to enter Greece by boat.

Mr. Cameron said the arrangement was “a plan to break the link between getting on a boat and getting settlement in Europe…. a plan to bust the business model of the smugglers”, as Reuters reports.

“For the first time in this crisis, I believe we have a plan that, properly and fully implemented, could make a difference,” he added.