On March 18, 2016, the European Union and Turkey reached an agreement for the return of migrants who illegally entered Greek territory to be returned to Turkey. Under the agreement, Turkey is required to “take any necessary measures to prevent new sea or land routes for illegal migration opening from Turkey to the EU” and take back all “new irregular migrants crossing from Turkey into Greek islands as from 20 March 2016.” The deal further foresees that “[f]or every Syrian being returned to Turkey from Greek islands, another Syrian will be resettled from Turkey to the EU taking into account the UN Vulnerability Criteria.” After the irregular migration flow has been contained, the agreement calls for a “Voluntary Humanitarian Admission Scheme” to take over, resettling migrants on a voluntary basis among the member states. Turkey will further receive $6.6 billion in financial aid to provide for the migrants in its territory, and its citizens will be granted visa-free travel to the EU this summer if certain conditions are met. Additionally, the agreement sets out the possibility for resumption of negotiations for accession to the EU. According to a news report, the idea behind the agreement is “that it will deter migrants from trying to make dangerous journeys into Europe and encourage a legal path to Europe by offering to resettle at least some Syrians among the nearly three million migrants already in Turkey.”