EU divisions over migration deepened today at a ‘bitter’ Brussels summit.
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.
According to one diplomat, Spain used the gathering to hit back at other countries after they criticised Madrid for failing to protect the EU’s external border.
They said of this afternoon’s summit: ‘Spain gave their assessment of the facts, sometimes slightly bitter vis-à-vis some of the critical member states.’
The diplomat added that member countries rounded on Spain, demanding to know ‘lessons learned to prevent a
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