Europe to hold meeting Tuesday over Ceuta after migration flux

Spain has installed a 500-metre-long sea barrier between its North African enclave of Ceuta and neighbouring Morocco. It comes after tens of thousands of migrants breached the border earlier this week, with at least 67 people dying in the attempt. While most of those who crossed quickly returned to Morocco, the inciden

There have been tense exchanges between Spain and other EU states over the influx of migrants into the enclave of Ceuta.

An open letter from 22 out of 27 EU member countries called for an emergency meeting to “prevent further uncontrolled crossings”.