Why has EU called an emergency meeting on Spain migrant surge?

Summary

The European Union has called an emergency meeting after about 60,000 migrants entered Spain’s North African territory of Ceuta over a few days. Many people swam from Morocco using wetsuits and inflatables and got around the border fence by swimming through or pushing through the wire. Then I entered across the border by swimming. Vivas said at the time that about 12,000 people crossed the border from Morocco into Ceuta over two days. The enclave, a main entry point into Spain and the EU for asylum seekers and immigrants, is surrounded by high border fences, surveillance systems and a permanent deployment of Spain’s Civil Guard and National Police. Meanwhile, Italy suspended its Schengen open-border policy with Spain. Madrid condemned the move, and its practical effect remains unclear, given the two countries do not share a border. France and Britain expressed “solidarity” with Spain, but France also announced a five-fold increase in the number of police at its border with Spain. They argued that the Spanish government’s relatively open migration policy could have played a part. Grande-Marlaska blamed people-smuggling networks for exploiting vulnerable migrants and spreading misleading interpretations of the Supreme Court ruling.