Spain has introduced month-long border controls on travel from Italy after Rome refused to lift Schengen restrictions imposed over the recent migrant influx into Ceuta

Rome said the suspension will not affect Spanish citizens or other EU nationals travelling to Italy. Instead, Italy will run targeted checks on non-EU nationals arriving from Spain by air or sea. In short, ordinary EU travel between the two countries stays the same. The checks are aimed only at non-EU arrivals coming via Spain.

ROME, July 31 (Reuters) - Italy said on Friday it was suspending the EU's border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain in response to a mass influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco.

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has called for Spain's suspension from the European Union's visa-free Schengen travel zone after thousands of migrants entered the Spanish en

Italy has suspended its Schengen agreement with Spain, following the influx of migrants into the latter's Ceuta enclave in northern Morocco, Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Friday.