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Migrants crisis: Austria and Balkans call for EU answer

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A record number of 107,500 migrants crossed the EU's borders last month. Austria has complained that the EU has failed to address the problem of people entering via the Western Balkans. As the leaders were meeting, officials in Austria said several dozen migrants had been found dead in an abandoned lorry near the Hungarian border. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said all those at the summit were "deeply shocked" by the gruesome find, arguing that it showed that Europe urgently needed to work together to solve the crisis.
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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