EU, Turkey seeking to keep lines of communication open on migration

"The lines of communication with Turkey remain open and active," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said following a meeting in Brussels on Monday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which ended without an agreement on the way forward following Turkish moves to encourage thousands of migrants and refugees to push through the Greek border into the European Union.

"Migrants need support, Greece needs support, but also Turkey needs support. And this involves finding a path forward with Turkey," she told reporters after Erdogan left the nearly 2-hour meeting without comment. "Clearly we do have our disagreements. But we have spoken plainly, and we have spoken openly to each other about these. It was a good conversation, it was a good dialogue and it was a constructive one."

Despite the upbeat tone, von der Leyen said that the discussion "focused...