Italy called Thursday for Spain to be suspended from the Schengen zone after hundreds of migrants entered its exclave of Ceuta from Morocco.
The Schengen Area is a system of open borders that encompasses 29 European countries that have officially abolished frontier controls at their common borders.
"I am in favor of closing the Schengen area with Spain," Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wrote on the social media platform X.
"Irregular and uncontrolled immigration poses a danger to national security," Tajani said.
Earlier on Thursday, Spain said it would dispatch soldiers to ensure security after hundreds of migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco, mainly by swimming, and reported nine deaths.
