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Italy, Spain and Schengen

Italy suspends Schengen with Spain over Ceuta migrant crisis, more controls for Non-EU travellers

Italy's Interior Ministry has ordered the closure of the country's sea and air borders with Spain, temporarily suspending the Schengen free movement regime between the two countries.

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Italy Suspends Schengen Agreement With Spain Because Of Ceuta Migrant Crisis

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Italy suspends Schengen agreement with Spain over migrant surge in Ceuta enclave

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EU nations patch things up after Ceuta migration discord

Spain and fellow EU nations moved to bury the hatchet Tuesday after a mass influx of migrants into the North African enclave of Ceuta laid bare fault lines on migration within the 27-nation bloc.

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Spain's Ceuta seeks transfer of unaccompanied migrant minors to mainland Spain after border rush

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How misinformation drove thousands to rush Ceuta border

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Thousands of migrants went to Ceuta seeking better lives. These families are still waiting for the proof-of-life call

Since he was last seen in the Moroccan border town on Fnideq that day, nobody has been in contact with him, his sister Mariem says.

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EU commends Spain's 'swift response' to Ceuta migrant crisis

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Ceuta was a carnival of anti-migrant content for hateful opportunists on the right – and a lesson for the left

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Could the EU kick Spain out of the Schengen area over the Ceuta crisis?

Italy reintroduced air and maritime border controls, while Finland and Denmark ask for full suspension of the free-movement rules for Spain. The European Commission has to trigger the procedure, a move which does not appear imminent.

Euractiv

Italy plays down Schengen retaliation against Spain at EU crisis meeting

Most EU governments, however, remain resolute in their opposition to Pedro Sánchez’s controversial plan to regularise some 500,000 immigrants who are living in Spain without the required paperwork, arguing this encouraged migrants to cross into Ceuta.