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EU leaders 'to declare Balkan migrant route closed'

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Around 20,000 migrants remain stranded at several Greek camps on the border with Macedonia, while European Union leaders meet in Brussels for an extraordinary summit on the migrant crisis where they will discuss closing the Balkans route used by most migrants to reach Europe

Added on the 07/03/2016 09:59:03 - Copyright : AFP EN

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