EU Interior Ministers Meet As Nations Tussle Over Migrant Response

Interior ministers from 28 European nations are holding talks Thursday as they face pressure to introduce new policies to stem migrant arrivals, in their first meeting since Austria took the EU helm with promises of a tough response to the issue.

Innsbruck, Austria, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Jul, 2018 ) :Interior ministers from 28 European nations are holding talks Thursday as they face pressure to introduce new policies to stem migrant arrivals, in their first meeting since Austria took the EU helm with promises of a tough response to the issue.

The meeting in the Austrian city of Innsbruck will focus on finding a common migration plan, with Vienna expected to push to change current EU policy so it is no longer possible to make asylum requests on European soil.

Although the number of migrants fleeing war and poverty has fallen sharply since a 2015 peak, the thorny issue remains a key topic for the six-month presidency of Austria, where a conservative-far right coalition took power last December.