The EU has urged Turkey to let in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees trapped on its border at Kilis after fleeing fighting, BBC reports.
On the occasion EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini noted that there was a moral, if not legal, duty to provide protection.
According to Mogherini the EU was providing funding to Turkey to make sure it had the "means, the instruments, the resources to protect and to host people that are seeking asylum".
About 35,000 Syrians have fled a Syrian government offensive on rebel-held positions near Aleppo.
In November, the EU signed a deal with Turkey, offering it €3bn (£2.3bn; $3.3bn) to care for Syrian refugees on Turkish soil.