European Commissioner on Migration Dimitris Avramaopoulos expressed his satisfaction over the deal reached between the EU and Turkey on the migrant crisis in Brussels, Friday, March 19. Avramopoulos noted it was ‘strong agreement that recognises the difficult situation which Greece is in and binds all parties to contribute substantively’. He added that implementing the agreement will test the ‘willingness, ability and readiness of all parties’. ‘Soon the refugee return process will start. At the same time, the rate of refugee relocation o other EU member states is steadily accelerating’, he underlined in his statement. The goal of then agreement, according to the Commissioner is to combat human trafficking, open routes to Europe for those eligible for protection and to stop the humanitarian disaster and images like those in Idomeni and the port of Piraeus in Greece.