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Austria says it intends to impose further restrictions on asylum entries (Photo: Michael Gubi)

Austria plans Western Balkan meeting on migrant caps

Austria is asking Western Balkan nations and Bulgaria to meet to discuss the migrant crisis, ahead of a gathering of EU interior ministers in Brussels.

The move follows Austria's decision last week to cap the daily number of asylum applications to 80, and allow 3,200 migrants to travel through its territory each day.

The decision roused fears of bottlenecks along the Balkan route and further border clamp downs and drew sharp critic...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Austria says it intends to impose further restrictions on asylum entries (Photo: Michael Gubi)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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