brussels europe emerge migration policy look increasingly like donald trump without hair except unlike republican presidential frontrunner want make mexico pay wall keep migrants unite state europeans will pay neighbor turkey job seven months million migrants chancellor angela merkel declare welcome culture syrian refugees germany european union rush erect vacancy sign along internal external border fierce political pressure conservative camp insurgent right-wing populist party alliance germany afd merkel mantra morph turks us surprise overnight deal negotiate turkish prime minister ahmet davutoglu last week ankara offer take back migrants include syrian refugees cross shore europe intercept coast thus seal porous border irregular migrants eu would admit limit number carefully vet syrian refugees directly turkey one syrian asylum seeker ankara take back greek aegean islands lucky would choose help u.n. refugee agency among wait patiently camp syria neighbor pay smugglers thousands euros risky sea cross would send eu countries agree last year take quota although state resist stifle doubt legality blanket return policy discomfort outsource partner many see worryingly authoritarian irritation price turkey demand stun eu leaders give provisional assent european public opinion petrify image tens thousands bedraggle migrants trek across muddy field highways towards western northern europe populists make capital fear governments desperate halt flow another summit brussels week due conclude faustian bargain grant turkey billion euros 6.7 billion aid keep refugees soil accelerate path visa-free travel turks fast eu membership talk return agreement act europe gatekeeper european council president donald tusk say regain control europe external border condition gain public acceptance take refugees practice look like way keep implement human right group volunteer work refugees outrage see europe slam shut open door victims war persecution eu lawyers work overtime try make legal geneva convention refugees require signatories examine individually claim protection submit asylum seeker soil german-turkish deal would get around provision declare turkey safe third country irregular migrants could return bilateral greek-turkish readmission agreement unite nations top human right official say could entail illegal collective arbitrary expulsions apart moral issue raise dodge several legal problems turkey restrict application geneva convention refugees europe people flee war persecution middle east asia cover unless ankara amend laws turkish officials say ensure turkey comply international law fulfill part potential eu deal even lawyers say asylum seekers reach greece right appeal send back turkey fear personal safety greek court would hear appeal person could remove appropriate court greek islands greek justice notoriously slow time rush declare turkey safe could hardly come embarrass time eu president tayyip erdogan step military crackdown kurdish militants government seize turkey best-selling newspaper critical journalists face prosecution jail businessmen public officials close dissident muslim cleric purge unlike trump eu leaders declare want prevent muslims settle country exception hungary viktor orban slovakia robert fico stress preserve countries christian identity however anti-immigration campaigners like marine le pen france geert wilders netherlands openly cite islam reason reject refugees increasingly set agenda mainstream politicians oppose visa-free travel turks europe reason france tradition political asylum take tens thousands vietnamese boat people 1970s limit intake syrian refugees cite security concern follow last year islamist attack paris like west european countries france struggle integrate second third generation young people muslim north african origin place islam public life fiercely contest secular societies resentments algeria war independence still simmer european politicians may aghast rhetoric trump say want database register track muslims unite state would bar muslim enter country congress could act pact turkey go conceive eu retreat fortress europe policy fear trump 0.8968 euros write paul taylor article fund part sap independently create reuters editorial staff sap editorial involvement creation production trump without hair eu 's migration policy get rough