Up to 50 dead in Austria as migrant crisis rages

Austrian police found the decomposing bodies of up to 50 migrants in an abandoned truck on Thursday, sparking a cross-border hunt for the people-smugglers responsible in the latest tragedy in the Europe-wide crisis.

The grisly discovery on a motorway near the Slovakia and Hungary borders came as European leaders again met to try to find ways to handle the flow of tens of thousands of people seeking refuge in the European Union.

Police said the vehicle -- which had the markings of a Slovakian poultry company and Hungarian number plates -- contained between 20 and 50 bodies.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in Austria for a summit with Balkan leaders, said she was "shaken" by the "horrible" news.

"This is a warning to us to tackle this migrants issue quickly and in a European spirit, which means in a spirit of solidarity, and to find solutions," Merkel said.

(MSN)