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01/03/2020 GMT

Turkey threatens to allow refugees into Europe

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Turkey's president vows to allow refugees on to Europe; Biden scoops win in primary

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to allow refugees to travel on to Europe from Turkey.

Also in the programme: Joe Biden clinches his first ever win in a primary in South Carolina where voters picked the Democratic Party's flag-bearer to challenge Donald Trump for the presidency.

Joining Celia Hatton to discuss these and other issues are Dayo Forster, a Gambian-born writer and international development consultant based in the UK, and Julie Norman, a Teaching Fellow in Politics and International Relations at University College London.

(Image: Refugees walk at the Turkish-Greek border at Edirne as they try to enter Europe. Credit: EPA.)

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