Italy on Friday suspended the Schengen agreement with Spain, closing air and sea borders after the recent influx of irregular migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Italian state media reported.
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Italy’s Interior Ministry ordered the closure after around 50,000 migrants entered Ceuta since Thursday, according to the ANSA news agency.
The decision came after an assessment by the Committee for Migration Analysis and Border Security, chaired by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday described the mass entry of migrants into Ceuta as an “attack” and a “violation of Spain’s territorial integrity,” vowing to restore normality “as soon as possible.”
According to Spain’s Interior Ministry, more than 48,000 of the roughly 50,000 migrants who crossed irregularly into Ceuta since Thursday have already been returned to Morocco.
