As EU steps up controls, refugees wish for open land borders from Turkey
September 14, 2015 at 6:45 PM EDT
Officials from across Europe arrived in Brussels to discuss instituting quotas to distribute 160,000 asylum seekers throughout the continent. Some countries have balked at the plan, while Germany, Austria and Hungary have tightened up their borders. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Turkey, where tens of thousands refugees are hoping to get to Europe.
GWEN IFILL: Tens of thousands of refugees and migrants continued their long journeys today in Europe, as the continent’s leaders met to chart a path forward and the two-decade-old free travel policy among European Union nations was put on hold.
From Izmir, Turkey, special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.
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