EU, Turkey to hold migration summit
European Council president Donald Tusk said decisions must ultimately be made by each EU member - but stressed that such moves must be guided by common EU laws
The EU is to hold a special summit with Turkey on the migration crisis in early March, officials have announced.
"The EU-Turkey action plan is our priority," European Council President Donald Tusk said after late-night talks at an EU gathering in Brussels.
The EU has pledged €3 billion to Turkey in return for housing refugees on its territory.
More than a million people arrived in the EU in 2015, creating Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War Two.
Austria is introducing daily caps from Friday on migrants arriving on its southern border despite a warning that quotas do not comply with EU legislation.
On Thursday, about 900 migrants were rescued near the Greek island of Lesbos, the EU border agency Frontex said.
Speaking in Brussels well after midnight, Tusk said a "European consensus" on how to tackle the refugee crisis was needed.
"We must do all we can to succeed. This is why we have the intention to organise a special meeting with Turkey at the beginning of March," he said.
Tusk said he would now hold a series of bilateral meetings with EU leaders to further discuss the issue.
He said decisions must ultimately be made by each EU member - but stressed that such moves must be guided by common EU laws.
