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2. Refugee Crisis: EU Leaders Meet on Migrants as Thousands Wait in Greece

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 09:35 AM

Mar 2016

European leaders were gathering early Monday to discuss the still-spiraling migrant crisis as thousands camped out in Greece desperate to cross a blocked border.

The summit in Brussels was convened to press Turkey to address flows of refugees from war-torn countries such as Syria and ramping up assistance to Greece, which has been inundated with migrants.

Closing the so-called Balkans route is also on the agenda, a move which has provoked condemnation from aid and human-rights organizations.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/europes-border-crisis/refugee-crisis-eu-leaders-meet-migrants-thousands-wait-greece-n533131

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