European Union officials gathered in Brussels on Wednesday for three days of emergency talks on the humanitarian crisis at the Greece-Turkey border. In a joint statement, EU ministers accused Turkey of using “migratory pressure for political purposes,” and offered Greece more money for border policing.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the European Council to protest, holding signs reading “Refugees Welcome” and “Solidarity = Safe Passage to Europe.” This is Sarah Reader of the human rights group Action for Peace.

Sarah Reader: “We would like to see a Europe that is open to anyone who wants to come here. We’d like to see safe passage for everyone who is currently at the doors of Europe trying to get in. We’d like to see the EU stop criminalizing migrants and people trying to help migrants. I mean, it’s completely outrageous, what is happening in the Mediterranean.”