EU's Tusk: Detain Migrants for up to 18 Months

Irregular migrants to Europe should be detained for as long as needed to check their identity and if need be up to the 18 months allowed by international law, European Council President Donald Tusk said. In an interview with several newspapers marking his first year in office, the man whose job it is to forge common EU policy among 28 national governments said Europe had to stop a huge influx of migrants, most of them not refugees from war, and should not underestimate the security...

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