Ambassadors from the bloc's 27 nation members gathered for emergency talks in the EU's de facto capital after 60,000 migrants stormed the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week.

The mayor-president of Ceuta, Juan Jesus Vivas, said 60,000 people rushed over the border. The Spanish Interior Ministry claimed almost all the arrivals had returned.

"We will not yield an inch", "a failure of EU's migration policies", "demagoguery": the migrant crisis in Ceuta has sparked strong reactions from EU countries and political…