EC President Juncker Calls Emergency Summit on Refugee Crisis

  • EU Commission head Juncker calls Sunday meeting in Brussels
  • Germany's Merkel to attend as meeting seeks `immediate' action
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called emergency talks on the refugee crisis for Sunday as countries in southeastern Europe struggle to handle tens of thousands of people seeking passage to the north.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will join government leaders from Austria, Hungary, Greece, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia at the meeting in Brussels.