DHAKA: Medical aid charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said that it will no longer take funds from the European Union in protest at its migration policy.

MSF singled out the EU's deal with Turkey under which Turkey agreed to take back any migrants who crossed the sea to Greece in smugglers' boats, BBC reports on Friday (June 17).

The number of migrants many from war-torn Syria to Europe is at its highest level since World War Two.

The charity received $63m from the EU and its members last year.

BDST: 1821 HRS, June 17, 2016
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