Europe Tightens Borders in Migrant Crisis

In the wake of last week’s grisly discovery of 71 migrants suffocated in a truck in Austria, authorities there and in Germany and Hungary have expanded border inspections of traffic. And in Greece, the coast guard on Monday reported retrieving nearly 2,500 people over a weekend of search-and-rescue operations. Meanwhile, Luxembourg, president of the European Union, has agreed to convene talks September 14 to "strengthen the European response" to the crushing tide of humanity...

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