Rising Tension In Meeting Migration-EU Ministers Meet to Discuss

Rising Tension In Meeting Migration-EU Ministers Meet to Discuss

More than 100,000 migrants have reached Europe so far this year.Hence EU ministers feel the migrant crisis could threaten the bloc’s survival.

Austria and Balkan nations have agreed to take measures  restricting migrants , which has drawn criticism from Greece, where thousands have been left stranded after Macedonia blocked entry to Afghans.

Meanwhile Hungary has announced a referendum on whether to accept mandatory quotas of migrants.In Brussels, EU interior ministers will hear plans drawn up by Austria and eight Balkan countries that include fingerprinting all entrants and turning back anyone without a passport or holding fake documents.

The countries have also pledged to accept only those they deem to be in need of protection, which has already been interpreted by some governments as meaning only Syrians and Iraqis.