Turkey: 'EU should show leadership in tackling migration issue' Refugees wait in a queue at the entrance of a temporary camp as they and their belongings are checked by police officers before settling in after the Moria refugee camp became unuseable following fires that erupted on September 9, in the Greek island of Lesbos, on September 26, 2020. [Ayhan Mehmet - Anadolu Agency] March 16, 2021 at 7:14 pm With the EU summit 2021 nine days away, Turkey's presidential spokesman on Tuesday expressed "hope" for the leadership of EU officials in addressing the migration issue at the summit, Anadolu Agency reported. "As we are approaching the EU summit on March 25-26th, our [Turkey's] hope, the expectation is that the EU leaders would show leadership there, and address this migration issue in a serious manner, in line with the values of the EU, in line with the values and principles of the international conventions," Ibrahim Kalin said at a virtual panel organized by Ankara-based Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA).