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Italy suspends Schengen with Spain over Ceuta migrant crisis, shuts air and sea borders

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Interior Ministry after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her government signalled their political backing on Thursday. The temporary suspension of the Schengen agreement was prompted by concerns over the migration crisis in Ceuta.

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More than 48,000 migrants return to Morocco after mass crossing into Ceuta

Some 48,000 of the roughly 50,000 people who crossed illegally into Ceuta since early Friday have already been returned to Morocco, as Madrid condemned the mass crossing as an "attack" on its sovereignty.

At least 60,000 migrants cross into Spanish territory of Ceuta from Morocco in a single day

Authorities estimate that around 60,000 migrants had crossed into the enclave of Ceuta ⁠in North Africa over the past 24 hours, as they rushed ⁠by sea and ⁠land from Morocco.

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Spanish PM Sánchez: Ceuta migrant crisis 'a violation of territorial integrity'

The prime minister slammed the massive influx of migrants crossing over from Morocco as a "violation of Spain's territorial integrity", which he said, "deserves our reproach and our condemnation at the strongest possible level".