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| Migrant crisis: Greece recalls ambassador from Austria amid EU rifts | Migrant crisis: Greece recalls ambassador from Austria amid EU rifts |
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| Greece has recalled its ambassador to Austria amid sharp divisions among EU states over the migrant crisis. | Greece has recalled its ambassador to Austria amid sharp divisions among EU states over the migrant crisis. |
| The move came after Austria hosted a meeting with Balkan states on the migrant issue, to which Greece was not invited. | The move came after Austria hosted a meeting with Balkan states on the migrant issue, to which Greece was not invited. |
| Greece called the move an "unfriendly act". It said its ambassador was recalled for "consultations". | Greece called the move an "unfriendly act". It said its ambassador was recalled for "consultations". |
| Ministers from EU and Balkan nations are meeting in Brussels to try to heal rifts over the migrant issue. | Ministers from EU and Balkan nations are meeting in Brussels to try to heal rifts over the migrant issue. |
| Austria, Serbia and Macedonia have taken their own steps to limit entry to migrants, angering Greece, which fears the controls will cause a bottleneck. | |
| Relocation deal explained | |
| Hungary proposes its own deal | |
| Why central Europe says 'No' | |
| EU migration: Crisis in graphics | |
| In a statement, the Greek foreign ministry said that the ambassador was being recalled "in order to safeguard the friendly relations between the states and the people of Greece and Austria". | |
| More than 100,000 migrants have entered the EU illegally this year - nearly all of them arriving in Greece. | |
| The surge in migration coupled with the failure to agree an EU-wide response has led to warnings about the bloc's survival. | |
| On Wednesday, representatives from 10 Balkan states attended talks in Austria and agreed to co-ordinate action to limit the flow of migrants. | |
| The meeting drew an angry reaction from Greece, with the foreign ministry warning that "responsibility for dealing with the migration and refugee crisis cannot burden one country". |