Possible change in EU migration policy: Tusk

European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday met with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and announced a "possible change in the EU's policy towards migrants".

Serbia is the last stop of Tusk's four-day tour along countries of the so called "Balkan route" for migrants. Tusk had visited Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Greece and Turkey in the tour to prepare for the EU-Turkey summit on March 7 and another scheduled EU summit on March 17-18.

In a brief press release published by Serbian government's press office, it was stated that Vucic and Tusk talked about the ongoing migrant crisis.

"During the meeting it was stressed that a change in the current European policy towards migrants is possible", the press release reads.

The press release did not elaborate on the possible change of EU's policy towards migrants.

"The Prime Minister (Vucic) has repeated that Serbia will respect all comprehensive and unified conclusions, should they occur, at the Summit of the European Union," the statement concludes.

More than 700,000 refugees passed across Serbian territory last year, according to official information of the Serbian government. Recently, Austria restricted the number of migrants allowed to enter the country to 37,500 for this year, causing a chain reaction among Balkan countries, including Serbia, which introduced the same limitations to stop migrants stuck on their territory.

In order to secure its southern border with Macedonia against illegal entry, Serbia recently allowed deployment of armed forces in case police and security forces cannot control the situation.

According to government sources, 1,000 migrants are currently located in Serbia on their journey to the EU, and the situation in Serbia is stable.

Most recent reports from Greece show that some 30,000 migrants are currently in the village of Idomeni in northern Greece, waiting to enter Macedonia, where migrants protested and demanded authorities to open the border. Enditem