Migrants are helped by a passer-by after being returned by Macedonian authorities after illegally crossing the border near Idomeni, Greece, attempting to reach Macedonia on a route that would bypass the border fence, Monday, March 14, 2016. Hundreds of migrants and refugees walked out of an overcrowded camp on the Greek-Macedonian border Monday, determined to use a dangerous crossing to head north. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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VIENNA (AP) - The Latest on the mass migration into Europe (all times local):
12:25 p.m.
The European Union's president says more work needs to be done on a tentative deal with Turkey so all 28 nations can sign off on it during a two-day summit on migration starting Thursday.
EU President Donald Tusk said in Nicosia that last week's outline deal "still needs to be rebalanced so as to be accepted by all 28 member states and the EU institutions."
He says more work is needed to make the agreement legally watertight and said that the EU must be able to ensure individual assessments in Greece for the decision to return migrants to Greece. He added that there must also be legal guarantees so that legitimate refugees receive appropriate protection in Turkey.
He also said that Turkey must make sure that no other smuggling routes are set up toward places like EU member state Bulgaria.
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11:25 a.m.
Austria's chancellor is urging his German counterpart to follow his country's example and set a limit on the number of asylum seekers Berlin is prepared to accept.
The appeal from Werner Faymann appears aimed at increasing pressure on German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of Thursday's EU refugee summit.
In an interview published Tuesday by the Kurier newspaper, Faymann says that "Germany too needs a point of reference," and urged Merkel "to say clearly and openly" that there cannot be uncontrolled migration into Europe.
Austria capped the number of asylum-seekers it will accept this year at 37,500 after nearly 90,000 applied for that status in 2015.
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11 a.m.
Macedonian authorities said Tuesday they have sent back hundreds of refugees and migrants to Greece, a day after they bypassed a fence at a closed section of the border in a mass push to continue their journey north to Europe's prosperous heartland - a move Greece blamed on "criminal misinformation" potentially spread by volunteers working with migrants.
Interior ministry spokesman Toni Angelovski told The Associated Press that the migrants "have been returned to Greece."
About 700 people pushed their way into Macedonia Monday through an unguarded section of the border, frustrated at being stuck for weeks in a waterlogged tent city outside the closed crossing of Idomeni. More than 1,000 men, women and children are believed to have entered Macedonia after walking about 5 kilometers (3 miles) across country, and fording a swollen stream near the Greek village of Hamilo.
A group of migrants walk past a Greek border post north of Idomeni, Greece, attempting to reach Macedonia on a route that would bypass the border fence, Monday, March 14, 2016. Hundreds of migrants and refugees walked out of an overcrowded camp on the Greek-Macedonian border Monday, determined to use a dangerous crossing to head north. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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A woman is assisted while crossing the river along with other migrants, north of Idomeni, Greece, attempting to reach Macedonia on a route that would bypass the border fence, Monday, March 14, 2016. Hundreds of migrants and refugees walked out of an overcrowded camp on the Greek-Macedonian border Monday, determined to use a dangerous crossing to head north. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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Group of migrants walks through a muddy road north of Idomeni, Greece, attempting to reach Macedonia on a route that would bypass the border fence, Monday, March 14, 2016. Hundreds of migrants and refugees walked out of an overcrowded camp on the Greek-Macedonian border Monday, determined to use a dangerous crossing to head north. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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Group of migrants walks through a field north of Idomeni, Greece, attempting to reach Macedonia on a route that would bypass the border fence, Monday, March 14, 2016. Hundreds of migrants and refugees walked out of an overcrowded camp on the Greek-Macedonian border Monday, determined to use a dangerous crossing to head north. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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Migrants push a man on a wheelchair north of Idomeni, Greece, attempting to reach Macedonia on a route that would bypass the border fence, Monday, March 14, 2016. Hundreds of migrants and refugees walked out of an overcrowded camp on the Greek-Macedonian border Monday, determined to use a dangerous crossing to head north. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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A woman tries to grab a rope while crossing the river along with other migrants, north of Idomeni, Greece, attempting to reach Macedonia on a route that would bypass the border fence, Monday, March 14, 2016. Hundreds of migrants and refugees walked out of an overcrowded camp on the Greek-Macedonian border Monday, determined to use a dangerous crossing to head north(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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A woman is assisted while crossing the river along with other migrants, north of Idomeni, Greece, attempting to reach Macedonia on a route that would bypass the border fence, Monday, March 14, 2016. Hundreds of migrants and refugees walked out of an overcrowded camp on the Greek-Macedonian border Monday, determined to use a dangerous crossing to head north(AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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