Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday said his country was "not a concentration camp" and would not host migrants permanently to appease the European Union, which wants Turkey to stop the flow of people to Europe.

"We cannot accept an understanding like 'give us the money and they stay in Turkey'. Turkey is not a concentration camp," Davutoglu said in a live television interview a day after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the migrant crisis.