In news from Europe, an Afghan refugee has been fatally shot by Bulgarian border guards while trying to cross from Turkey. The United Nations refugee agency says it was the first case of a fatal police shooting of a refugee on the EU’s borders. This comes as the European Union and Turkey have agreed on a plan for Turkey to stop refugees fleeing conflict from crossing into Europe by sea. In exchange, European leaders will give Turkey billions more in aid money, ease restrictions for Turkish citizens traveling to Europe and restart Turkey’s long-stalled negotiations to join the European Union. This comes as the World Bank is considering a plan to compensate Syria’s neighboring countries for the cost of hosting refugees for long periods of time. World Bank adviser Colin Bruce announced the proposal.

Colin Bruce: “So, the second point to emphasize is that we recognize that for many of these countries there is a cost associated with hosting refugees, and so they need to be compensated. And we are quite prepared to enter into that dialogue with our shareholders as to how we support the compensation of countries, and in particular the middle-income countries that often do not have access to concessional resources. And that’s the conversation that is taking place.”