The escalation of the war in Syria and the approach of winter have given added urgency to an EU summit on migration - the fourth one this year to focus on the crisis. The Brussels talks on Thursday will look especially at the problems faced by Turkey, hosting more than two million Syrian refugees. The EU is anxious to stem the record influx of refugees from Turkey, as 350,000 reached Greek islands between January and September this year. The migrant crisis has severely strained the goodwill between EU states. The inconsistency in asylum policy across the EU has led to bitter arguments. Hungary, Slovakia and some other countries are reluctant to take in non-European refugees, arguing that...
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