The Latest: Greece demands no ‘fortress states’ on migrants

Passers-by look at a tent set up during a symbolic protest against the European Union proposals to deport refugees back to Turkey, in Madrid, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Leaders of the EU's 28 divided nations plan to reconvene in Brussels this week in hopes of ironing out disagreements on a proposed agreement with Turkey in the migrants crisis. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Passers-by look at a tent set up during a symbolic protest against the European Union proposals to deport refugees back to Turkey, in Madrid, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Leaders of the EU's 28 divided nations plan to reconvene in Brussels this week in hopes of ironing out disagreements on a proposed agreement with Turkey in the migrants crisis. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

By Associated Press March 17, 2016 3 min read

BRUSSELS (AP) – The Latest on European efforts to respond to massive migration (all times local):

10:45 a.m.

Greece is insisting that European Union leaders meeting in Brussels must provide for sanctions against member states that unilaterally decide to shut out refugees.

Deputy Defense Minister Dimitris Vitsas, who heads a task force on migration, said Thursday that Europe should not contain “fortress-states.”

Athens has repeatedly criticized fellow EU member Austria for capping the number of migrants it lets in, which had a domino effect through the Balkans and left nearly 46,000 migrants stuck in Greece.