EU leaders row over Balkans migrant route 'closure'

Divided EU leaders argued Monday about a plan to declare the Balkans migrant route closed as they held a summit with Turkey's prime minister to urge Ankara to accept large-scale deportations of economic migrants. At the last minute, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker insisted that a mention of the route closure be dropped from the proposed closing statement of the summit in Brussels, European sources told AFP. The row underlined the deep divisions i