Speaking at the end of an informal European Union (EU) summit in Valletta, the former Polish official said: "We need to regain control of the external border as a precondition for European migration policy."
He highlighted the EU would respect its obligations to migrants, but without registration there were no rights. Furthermore, asylum seekers could not decide where they would be given asylum.
EU leaders reiterated their concerns about the Schengen agreement as Sweden reintroduced border controls and Slovenia built razor-wire fence.
Asked what needed to be done to protect the Schengen agreement, Tusk said there needed to be effective implementation of the rules, but he understood that the Dublin rules were unfavorable to some countries in the current influx of migrants.
Tusk added the summit had focused on relations with Turkey and it was agreed to hold a summit of the EU 28 with Turkey as soon as possible. He was confident of a mutually beneficial relationship.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted on Friday that she had Germany's refugee crisis under control, responding after a unilateral decision by her interior minister to reverse course on a central plank of Germany's asylum policy...
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She defended her Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who this week compared the refugee crisis to an avalanche, saying he was "in a class of his own."
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