The meeting will be chaired by Ireland, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. The decision was made after 22 member states sent a letter urging the EU to respond urgently to the crisis.
Observers believe this meeting will be a crucial test of the EU's ability to coordinate in handling migration crises, and could shape shared measures for the bloc on border protection, repatriation of migrants who do not qualify for residency, and enhanced cooperation with partner countries in North Africa.
Earlier, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called on European allies to show genuine solidarity, while rejecting criticism that Madrid had handled the crisis poorly.
The number of confirmed deaths in the migration crisis in Ceuta has now totaled 90. The number is likely to increase as Spanish and Moroccan authorities are conducting search and rescue operations.
The tragedy occurred after tens of thousands of migrants attempted to cross the border into Ceuta in the past days. Around 60,000 people had flooded into autonomous city of Spain in just one day, said Ceuta's mayor Juan Jesús Vivas. However, by the evening of July 31, the Spanish Interior Ministry announced that more than 48,000 people had been returned to Morocco.
