22 EU leaders call for emergency talks over Ceuta migrant crisis
Leaders of 22 EU member states have called for an emergency summit over the migrant crisis in Spain's Ceuta enclave. The letter came as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez criticized some EU members' response to the crisis.
Leaders of 22 European Union member states sent a joint letter calling for an emergency EU summit over the mass arrival of migrants at Spain's Ceuta enclave in North Africa in recent weeks.
The letter came after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez criticized some EU members for what he described as insufficient solidarity during the crisis. Sánchez has argued the burden of migration has not been shared equitably.
Spanish authorities said the number of migrants returning to Morocco has risen, though the death toll from the crisis has climbed to 67. European Commission President von der Leyen said not a single person had reached mainland Spain or the rest of the EU, stressing that border controls have held firm.
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