Thursday's agenda of the European Council that began in Porto Carras, close to the city of Thessaloniki, was dominated by discussions on external borders control and asylum policy.
Although all sides agreed that asylum policy must be improved, a consensus on the British proposal for asylum camps outside the EU territory could not be reached. Germany and Sweden remained staunchly opposed to the controversial proposals.
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