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EU countries will meet over the immigration crisis in Ceuta, Spain last week

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European Union countries will meet this week over the crisis that unfolded in Ceuta, Spain, last week when a rapid influx of tens of thousands of migrants came in from Morocco. The incident has exacerbated deep divisions on migration and travel privileges among EU governments.

EU ambassadors will hold a video conference as the bloc grapples with deep differences of opinion on how to respond to the sudden surge of migrants rushing through the land and sea borders between Morocco and the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.

22 prime ministers asked for the meeting of ministers, in a letter to EU leaders asking for a strengthening of resolve and measures to combat what they termed "uncontrolled mass crossings" and the "instrumentalization of migration."

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has written Brussels a letter of his own, criticizing those who called for Spain to be suspended from the EU agreement on passport-free travel. Sanchez noted that not one of the unauthorized migrants made it through Spain and almost all were quickly returned.