Italy suspends EU Schengen free-travel pact with Spain over Ceuta migrant crisis

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Italy suspended the EU Schengen free-travel pact with Spain for one month in response to a mass influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. This action will require travelers between Italy and Spain to present passports, impacting people traveling by plane or boat.

Italy said on Friday it ⁠was suspending the EU’s ⁠border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain for one month in ⁠response to a mass influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco. Italy does not share a land border with Spain but the measure – which looks certain to anger Madrid – will ‌affect people travelling by plane or boat between the two countries, meaning they will need to show a passport to gain access. Italy’s interior ministry said in a statement it had...