2015-10-26huffingtonpost.com

In a statement to paper over deep divisions about how to handle the crisis, the leaders committed to bolster the borders of Greece as it struggles to cope with the wave of refugees from Syria and beyond that cross over through Turkey. The leaders decided that reception capacities should be boosted in Greece and along the Balkans migration route to shelter 100,000 more people as winter looms.

... But the country that many say is another key source of the flow - Turkey - was not invited, and some leaders said that little could be done without its involvement.

"It has to be tackled in Turkey and Greece, and this is just a nice Sunday afternoon talk," Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said, after complaining about having to leave an election campaign to take part in the mini-summit of nations in Europe's eastern "migrant corridor."''



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