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Germany, Austria call for special EU summit on refugees: Merkel

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Germany and Austria on Tuesday called for a special European summit on the migrant crisis, in a phone call with EU president Donald Tusk, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

"It is a problem for the entire European Union and therefore we argued for a special EU summit to be held next week," she said during a joint press conference with Austrian counterpart Werner Faymann. "Donald Tusk will look into that." Slovakia's prime minister echoed the call for EU to hold a special summit to deal with the biggest migration crisis in Europe since World War II.

Germany and Austria on Tuesday called for a special European summit on the migrant crisis, in a phone call with EU president Donald Tusk, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

“It is a problem for the entire European Union and therefore we argued for a special EU summit to be held next week,” she said during a joint press conference with Austrian counterpart Werner Faymann. “Donald Tusk will look into that.” Slovakia’s prime minister echoed the call for EU to hold a special summit to deal with the biggest migration crisis in Europe since World War II.

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