Jim O'Callaghan to chair meeting on Europe's border security after Ceuta crisis

Last week, 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

An emergency meeting of EU interior and justice ministers to discuss the migrant crisis in Ceuta will take place later today.

The European Union has called an emergency meeting to discuss the crossing of tens of thousands of Moroccan migrants into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta last week. The meeting follows a joint letter from 22 member states calling for action and the need to strengthen EU borders.

The EU will hold a crisis meeting after tens of thousands of people swept across a border checkpoint in Ceuta, a Spanish city in north Africa.

The EU will hold a crisis meeting after tens of thousands of people swept across a border checkpoint in Ceuta, a Spanish city in north Africa.

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