Five EU countries have agreed to take in some migrant children who are stuck in Greece, amid continuing tension on the Greek-Turkish border.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen thanked Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Portugal.

The numbers per country have not been announced yet – German media spoke of up to 1,500 in total. They are children categorised as unaccompanied and/or very sick.

Greece’s migrant camps are overcrowded.

Tens of thousands of migrants and refugees are stuck at Turkey’s land border with Greece, where Greek border guards have fired tear gas and water cannon to keep them out.

Many are Syrians fleeing the civil war, but there are also Afghans, Pakistanis and West Africans seeking a new life in the EU.

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In addition, in the past week more than 1,700 have landed on Lesbos and some other Greek Aegean islands on boats from Turkey. Some angry locals have resorted to violence on Lesbos, where existing migrant camps are squalid and struggling to cope.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold talks in Brussels on Monday evening with European Council President Charles Michel and Commission President von der Leyen.

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