EU Calls for Talks as Migrant Crisis Deepens in Balkans
- Meeting prompted by request from Germany's Merkel, Bild Says
- Slovenia seeks aid after Hungarian closure reroutes migrants
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called for emergency talks and Slovenia gave its army a green light to help control a surge in migrants as Europe’s refugee crisis deepened before the onset of winter.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will join government leaders from eight other countries from central and southeastern Europe at the meeting scheduled for Sunday in Brussels, Juncker said. Earlier, Slovene lawmakers gave the army additional powers to help police man border posts overwhelmed with migrants, according to the parliament’s website. The Adriatic nation of 2 million people will also ask the European Union for assistance.