The Latest: Czech govt donates to Turkey to halt refugees

A migrant boy leaves from the tent in the makeshift refugee camp at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Hundreds of migrants and refugees have arrived on Greek islands after days of low numbers, despite a European Union-Turkey agreement under which new arrivals will be sent back to Turkey. Figures released by the Greek government Wednesday showed 766 people reached the islands of Lesbos, Samos, Chios and Kos in the 24 hours until Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) A migrant boy leaves from the tent in the makeshift refugee camp at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Hundreds of migrants and refugees have arrived on Greek islands after days of low numbers, despite a European Union-Turkey agreement under which new arrivals will be sent back to Turkey. Figures released by the Greek government Wednesday showed 766 people reached the islands of Lesbos, Samos, Chios and Kos in the 24 hours until Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

By Associated Press March 30, 2016 4 min read

PARIS (AP) – The Latest on the flow of refugees and other migrants into Europe (all times local):

2:20 p.m.

The Czech government has agreed to donate 20.4 million euros ($22.8 million) to Turkey as part of a European Union plan to help the country deal with the influx of migrants.

Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek says the money will be gradually given to Turkey from now until 2019, starting with 6 million euros ($6.72 million) this year. He says Wednesday the money should help Turkey “to stop the flow of migrants” and that Turkish efforts will be closely monitored.

More than 1 million refugees entered Europe last year, most of them flowing in from Turkey across Greece’s porous Aegean Sea border.