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

Italy does not share a land border with Spain but the measure will impact people travelling by plane or boat

Italy had ⁠also agreed ​with Paris ⁠to strengthen controls along the Franco-Italian land border

July 31, 2026 17:14

ROME: 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.