EU leaders seek to halt migrant crossings from Belarus

European Council President Charles Michel, centre, with Sweden’s prime minister Stefan Lofven, right, during the meeting (Olivier Matthys, Pool/AP)

European Union leaders were meeting to discuss migration to the bloc and how to stop the influx of refugees arriving via neighbouring Belarus.

EU members Poland and Lithuania have been struggling to cope with an unusually high number of migrants arriving at their borders with
Belarus in recent months.