A press conference to mark the end of the Valletta summit is underway. You can watch it here. On border closures, European Council president Tusk says: “Every week decisions are taken that show how grave the situation is. Clearly, we need to regain control of our external borders.” He says there will be a summit with Turkey by the end of November. “The clock is ticking. We are under pressure. We need to act fast as a union.” President of the European Commission Juncker says he is “Not happy” that just 130 people have been relocated out of a target of 160,000 under his quota. At the current rate, they will achieve it by the year 2101. He insists nobody calls into question the scheme (doubtful if that is true). Despite raising just €78 million of a target of €1.8bn, Juncker says the fundraising effort for Africa is going well.



In light of the poor response to the African fundraising drive, Mr Juncker will risk another bruising clash with member states already seething over the quota scheme with a new plan to raise some €2.5 billion to give to Turkey, in exchange for it agreeing to halt the flow of migrants over its border. "It is not easy in monetary terms. We will manage to achieve that."