EU meeting seeks to heal growing rifts of migrants

Ministers from EU and Balkan nations are meeting in Brussels to try to heal divisions over a migrant crisis that could threaten the bloc's survival. 

Austria, Serbia and Macedonia have taken steps to restrict entry to migrants, angering Greece, which fears the controls will cause a bottleneck. 

The rift places further strain on a common EU migration policy, already in disarray over the surge in migration.  

More than 100 thousand migrants have reached Europe this year, most via the Balkans.  European Council president Donald Tusk, has warned that the failure to make progress towards resolving the crisis could increase the likelihood of the UK voting to leave the EU this year.  


BBC