BRUSSELS: An emerging route where migrants enter the European Union via Belarus has aroused concerns among the bloc's heads of state and government and topped the agenda of their meeting on Friday.

The leaders compared the new route to Rio Grande River, where many Central Americans pass by to enter US illegally.

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