Germany, Austria call for special EU summit on refugee crisis

BERLIN, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and visiting Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann said on Tuesday they had proposed a special EU summit to discuss the current refugee crisis.

Speaking at a press conference after their talks here, the two leaders said they had called for a refugee summit in the coming week during a joint telephone conversation with European Council President Donald Tusk.

The special meeting of heads of state and government of the 28 European Union member states, according to Merkel, should focus on issues including better support for the countries of origin, a more intensive dialogue with Turkey as well as rapid establishment of so-called "hotspots" for registration and distribution of refugees.

Merkel stressed Europe did not have much time left to make decisions in light of the surging flow of refugees.

Faced with a swell in migrant numbers, Germany took the drastic measure of reinstating border controls on Sunday to slow the influx.

Austria also announced it would strengthen border checks following Germany's decision. Faymann said on Monday that his country would send 2,200 troops to its borders to help police control the situation.

"We were in a situation that registration was no longer possible given the large numbers of refugees. And I believe, also for safety reasons, it is understandable that we must again return to an orderly regime and mechanism," Merkel told reporters on Tuesday when defending the introduction of border checks.

For his part, Faymann praised Germany's decision to receive large numbers of refugees over the past weeks. He also underlined the need to find a more orderly way of handling refugees entering Europe.

德国和奥地利呼吁欧盟召开难民问题特别峰会

新华网柏林９月１５日电（记者何梦舒）德国总理默克尔和奥地利总理法伊曼１５日呼吁欧盟尽快就难民问题举行特别峰会，以寻求解决危机的方案。

默克尔当天与到访的法伊曼在柏林就当前愈演愈烈的难民危机进行了会谈。在会后举行的新闻发布会上，默克尔表示，她与法伊曼同欧洲理事会主席图斯克通电话，建议下周举行特别峰会讨论难民问题。

默克尔说，欧盟成员国领导人应在特别峰会上集中讨论如何更好地给予难民来源国支持、加强与土耳其的对话以及尽快在欧洲外部边界建立难民中心以完成登记和分配事宜。目前，德奥领导人关于特别峰会的建议正在接受评估。

默克尔强调，现在留给欧洲国家做出决策的时间并不多，应对难民危机是整个欧盟的责任，只有所有成员共同应对才有望解决危机。

谈及近日德国临时采取的边境管控措施，默克尔表示，大量难民涌入令登记工作变得困难，出于安全等因素考虑，重新引入边检是必要的举措。

德国和奥地利本月５日宣布，向滞留在匈牙利的难民开放边境。１３日，德国政府发布声明，由于入境难民人数过多，将启动临时边境检查，以限制难民的大批涌入。