EU leaders arrive at Spain summit to talk about migration

Leaders of the EU's 27 nations met to tackle the divisive question of migration at a summit in Spain on Friday, two days after agreeing a reform package opposed by Warsaw and Budapest.

After a tense day of talks at Thursday's European Political Community summit, EU leaders began an informal council meeting in the southern city of Granada, with migration topping the agenda. 

One of the most-hotly disputed issues among EU member states, migration tops Brussels' agenda after thousands of asylum-seekers landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa, highlighting the urgency of consolidating a unified European response. 

The new Pact on Migration and Asylum would seek to relieve pressure on so-called frontline countries such as Italy and Greece by relocating some arrivals to other EU states, while those opposed to hosting asylum-seekers would be required to pay those that do.