Majority of EU countries call for talks over migrant influx into Ceuta enclave

BRUSSELS: A majority of EU countries called on Saturday (Aug 1) for emergency talks on the sudden inflow of tens of thousands of migrants into Spain's enclave of Ceuta in North Africa.An open letter from the leaders of 22 of the EU's 27 members demanded the bloc's interior ministers have a video meeting "as a matter of urgency" to agree a speedy coordinated response, and to "prevent further uncontrolled crossings"."We have a duty to effectively deter and relentlessly combat illegal migration," it said.Ireland, which currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, said the meeting would take place on Tuesday. EU foreign policy chief Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the move, saying the bloc needed "a lessons learned process to improve our European resilience," while adding that "not a single per