Refugee crisis: Angela Merkel calls for a special European Union summit

German chancellor Angela Merkel calls for a special European Union summit next week to discuss the continent’s migration crisis. Speaking on Tuesday, Merkel says the idea is not to discuss so-far stalled plans for a redistribution of refugees around the EU, which is being handled by EU interior ministers. Instead, they will focus on how to speed up the construction of refugee camps known as ‘hot spots’ in Greece and Italy to register incoming refugees.