On May 4 the European Commission (the EU executive organ) will give a conditional approval to provide visa-free travel for Turkey  . However , as BBC reports, if European Commission issue a  positive recommendation in the Schengen area, it will be doing so “holding its nose and its breadth.”

Visa liberalization is a part of the deal , according to which the leaders of the EU member states and the Prime Minister of Turkey agreed to return the illegal immigrants who arrived via Turkey to Greece. In addition to the visa requirements for the Turkish citizens, Ankara will receive three billion euros and accept Syrian refugees who had fled to Greece.

In order the EU issue abolition of visa-regime for Turks, Turkey in total should fulfill 72 paragraphs of the EU requirements, whereas in the middle of April, the representative of the European Commission reported that Turkey implemented less than half of the requirements only . The most problematic issues for Turkey are the EU’s claims of the freedom of speech and fair trials. In addition, Turkey needs to revise laws on anti-terrorism to protect the rights of the minorities .

BBC asserts that it is unlikely for Turkey to implement those requirements. The Turkish authorities smooth critics in an autocratic rather than democratic way.  However, in these desperate times the authorities of the EU countries are under enormous pressure of the public who requires to solve the migration crisis.