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| Refugee crisis: EU splits exposed at emergency summit – live updates | Refugee crisis: EU splits exposed at emergency summit – live updates |
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| European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans has warned that failure to tackle the migration crisis will lead to a surge of right-wing extremism. | |
| Timmermans also said that there needs to be better protection of the European Union’s borders to deal with the hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. | |
| “We have to make sure that those countries where people arrive are better placed to make sure people are registered, that people who don’t have the right to asylum are returned swiftly,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme. | |
| He said: “If we’re not able to tackle this issue, if we’re not able to find sustainable solutions, you will see a surge of the extreme right across the European continent.” | |
| 8.05am BST08:05 | 8.05am BST08:05 |
| Belgium’s former prime minister, Guy Verhofstadt, who is now president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, has accused European leaders of failing to grasp the seriousness of the crisis. | Belgium’s former prime minister, Guy Verhofstadt, who is now president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, has accused European leaders of failing to grasp the seriousness of the crisis. |
| European leaders have failed to grasp the seriousness of this humanitarian crisis #EUCO #refugeecrisis | European leaders have failed to grasp the seriousness of this humanitarian crisis #EUCO #refugeecrisis |
| 1 billion commitment to UN is to be welcomed. But I didn't see solid commitments to fix Europe's broken #asylum & #migration system | 1 billion commitment to UN is to be welcomed. But I didn't see solid commitments to fix Europe's broken #asylum & #migration system |
| I'll keep repeating it: If we want to prevent break-up of #Schengen zone, the European Union needs a common asylum and #migration policy | I'll keep repeating it: If we want to prevent break-up of #Schengen zone, the European Union needs a common asylum and #migration policy |
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| Record numbers arrive in Hungary | Record numbers arrive in Hungary |
| Hungary has reported a new record number of migrants after accepting busloads of people from Croatia. | Hungary has reported a new record number of migrants after accepting busloads of people from Croatia. |
| The Hungarian police said 10,046 people arrived in Hungary on Wednesday, beating the previous record set a day a before it sealed its border with Serbia last week. Since then refugees and migrants have been travelling to Croatia in the hope of reaching northern Europe. Croatia has been busing thousands of people to the Hungarian border where they are then taken on to Austria in Hungarian buses and trains. | The Hungarian police said 10,046 people arrived in Hungary on Wednesday, beating the previous record set a day a before it sealed its border with Serbia last week. Since then refugees and migrants have been travelling to Croatia in the hope of reaching northern Europe. Croatia has been busing thousands of people to the Hungarian border where they are then taken on to Austria in Hungarian buses and trains. |
| Austrian police told the BBC’s Bethany Bell that 7,000 people arrived from Hungary on Wednesday. | Austrian police told the BBC’s Bethany Bell that 7,000 people arrived from Hungary on Wednesday. |
| Austrian police tell me 7000 people have arrived in Austria from Hungary today at Nickelsdorf border crossing #refugeecrisis #migrantcrisis | Austrian police tell me 7000 people have arrived in Austria from Hungary today at Nickelsdorf border crossing #refugeecrisis #migrantcrisis |
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| Summary | Summary |
| Welcome to our continuing live coverage of the refugee crisis. We will be covering all the fallout from the EU summit after it ended in a failure to agree a common policy on the crisis. | Welcome to our continuing live coverage of the refugee crisis. We will be covering all the fallout from the EU summit after it ended in a failure to agree a common policy on the crisis. |
| Here’s a roundup of the latest developments: | Here’s a roundup of the latest developments: |