Migrant crisis: Austria asylum cap begins despite EU anger

AUSTRIA – Austria’s daily cap on the number of migrants and refugees allowed into the country has come into force. Just 80 asylum applications will be accepted each day at Austria’s southern border, after which it will shut. The European migration commissioner has described the measure as “plainly incompatible” with European Union law. EU leaders have announced they will hold a summit in early March with Turkey to attempt to seek fresh solutions to the crisis.(BBC)…[+]