EU leaders summit opens with more tightened migration policy in the works

European Union leaders arrived at a summit in Brussels Thursday (Oct. 17) to seek ways to make the bloc a more hostile destination for migrants and asylum seekers following a recent surge in support for anti-migration parties.

As the summit opened, the 27 EU leaders prepared to look at plans to speed up initiatives to get unwanted migrants out of the bloc and process asylum applications far outside their borders.

The tenor of the debate…