Italy suspends free movement with Spain Is Schengen in crisis after Ceuta?
News Source : Al Jazeera English
News Summary
- More than 60,000 people crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco.
- On July 30, Italy announced it was reintroducing border controls with Spain.
- Ceuta’s president, Juan Jesus Vivas, said between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants remain in the enclave.
- At least 72 people died in the crossing.
- The Schengen Agreement, signed in 1985 and put into force a decade later, abolished passport checks at the internal borders of its 29 member states.
On July 30, days after more than 60,000 people crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, Italy announced it was reintroducing border controls with Spain.
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