Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has also threatened to suspend Italy’s open-border Schengen agreement with Spain.

The sudden increase in the number of people swimming to the small enclave has prompted calls for a national emergency.

Spain is deploying troops to Ceuta after hundreds of migrants crossed illegally from Morocco, overwhelming local authorities. Madrid and Rabat say they will speed up migrant…

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called for Spain's suspension from the EU's Schengen travel zone after thousands of migrants entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from…