(VOVworld)- The EU and Turkey have sealed a deal to end the migrant flow. Turkey has agreed to take back all illegal migrants in Europe, and the EU has made membership concessions to Turkey. The deal is an important step in resolving the current migrant crisis but analysts are concerned about how it would work in practice.

Refugee children play at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 18, 2016. (Reuters)

Under the agreement clinched between Brussels and Ankara last week, in return for any Syrian refugees the EU ships back from Greece to Turkey, the EU will take in one Syrian refugee currently in Turkey. European countries agreed to accommodate 18,000 migrants under a deal last July. This number, however, is to be capped at 72,000. The EU promised to accelerate the disbursement of 3 billion euros to help Turkey cope with the migrant crisis and ensure financial resources for projects on health care, education and research for Syrian refugees in Turkey. The EU also promised to mobilize further financial resources to grant Turkey additional 3 billion euros by 2018.

The deal was widely applauded by all parties. Speaking to reporters at the end of the EU-Turkey Summit in Brussels, Turkish Prime Minister Admet Davutoglu said Turkey and the US shared the same vision, destiny and future. He said the agreement contributed to preventing refugees from risking their lives. The US described the EU-Turkey migrant deal an important step toward solving the current migrant crisis in the region. Washington, in a statement, affirmed its support for efforts to prevent human trafficking. According to the US, the deal is in line with international law and EU principles. It hailed Turkey for receiving more than 2.7 million migrants from Syria and called on the EU to speed up the registration and settlement of asylum application to facilitate the return of migrants, support Turkey and Greece, and promote unity between EU countries.

But in fact, it’s not easy to realize the deal. Turkey, for its part, needs to work out plans to ensure its security because Turkey is currently focusing on dealing with insurgents of the Kurds and preventing the civil war in Syria from crossing border to Turkey. Greece’s systems have become exhausted for years due to the economic crisis and cannot deal with the current migrant crisis and meet demands set in the EU-Turkey deal. According to analysts, it’s not easy to implement the EU-Turkey deal.