Italy suspends Schengen with Spain over Ceuta migrant crisis, closes air and sea borders
The temporary move follows a surge of more than 50,000 migrants into Ceuta and adds checks on air and sea travel from Spain.
- On Friday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suspended Schengen free-movement rules for arrivals from Spain, requiring passport checks for air and sea travel following a mass influx of irregular migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco.
- Spanish authorities reported over 50,000 crossings at the Ceuta border this week, with officials recovering 57 bodies on the Spanish side as migrants attempted to breach coastal barriers and fences into the territory.
- Meloni's government, facing electoral pressure from retired general Roberto Vannacci's far-right party, implemented the controls to demonstrate border security. Democratic Party MP Piero De Luca dismissed the move as "a purely demagogic proposal" intended "for domestic consumption."
- Italy's interior ministry reached an agreement with France to strengthen controls along their shared land border to prevent irregular migrants from entering Italy, while France increased checks on its border with Spain.
- President Donald Trump warned of similar outcomes in the U.S. if current policies persist, while right-wing parties across Europe blamed Spain's amnesty programs for unauthorized migrants as a root cause of the surge.
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