In Vienna on Wednesday, ministers from countries on or near the main Balkan migration route agreed to tighten border controls. Greece wasn't invited to the meeting. Recent days have also seen a flurry of unilateral action and strongly-worded warnings.
Key EU country | Non-EU country
19 February
Austria imposes a daily limit of 3,200 people entering the country and restricts asylum applications to 80 a day.
21 February
Macedonia prevents Afghans from crossing from Greece.
22 February
Slovakia says it is prepared to fence off its borders with Austria and Hungary. Slovenia
sends troops to its frontier with Croatia while Croatia warns its main migration route will close if Austria and Germany shut their borders.
24 February
Albania says its border could close if Macedonia fully shuts its Greek border while Bulgaria approves an extension to its Turkish border fence. Hungary's prime minister calls an anti-refugee quotas referendum while the Czech Republic forms a special migration police unit.
400 km
400 miles
Kosovo
Macedonia
Albania
Montenegro
Czech Rep.
Austria
Bosnia
Serbia
Slovakia
Hungary
Greece
Bulgaria
Romania
Croatia
Slovenia
Poland
Ukraine
Germany
Turkey
In Vienna on Wednesday, ministers from countries on or near the main Balkan migration route agreed to tighten border controls. Greece wasn't invited to the meeting. Recent days have also seen a flurry of unilateral action and strongly-worded warnings.
Key EU country | Non-EU country
19 February
Austria imposes a daily limit of 3,200 people entering the country and restricts asylum applications to 80 a day.
21 February
Macedonia prevents Afghans from crossing from Greece.
22 February
Slovakia says it is prepared to fence off its borders with Austria and Hungary. Slovenia
sends troops to its frontier with Croatia
while Croatia warns its main migration route will close if Austria and Germany shut their borders.
24 February
Albania says its border could close if Macedonia fully shuts its Greek border while Bulgaria approves an extension to its Turkish border fence. Hungary's prime minister calls an anti-refugee quotas referendum while the Czech Republic forms a special migration police unit.
Ionian
Sea
Aegean
Sea
Black Sea
200 km
200 miles
Kosovo
Macedonia
Albania
Montenegro
Czech Rep.
Austria
Bosnia
Serbia
Slovakia
Hungary
Greece
Bulgaria
Romania
Croatia
Slovenia
Italy
Poland
Ukraine
Germany
Turkey