Ireland's EU Presidency Faces First Test as Ceuta Crisis Forces Migration Reckoning

Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan convened emergency talks with EU interior ministers after 50,000 people swam across from Morocco to Spain's Ceuta enclave, plunging Ireland's EU presidency into its first major crisis. After days of tensions—with Italy and Denmark pushing to suspend Spain from Schengen—O'Callaghan emerged declaring ministers had "discussed how best to stand in solidarity with Spain and protect our external borders from illegal migration." EU migration...