Italy Stops Passport-Free Travel With Spain After Migrant Surge at Africa Border

Italy Stops Passport-Free Travel With Spain After Migrant Surge at Africa Border

Some 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, a Spanish town on Africa's coast that is the EU's only land border with the continent. At least 72 died. Italy then suspended passport-free travel with Spain, and 22 EU nations called for joint border action. The fallout shows how fast migrant pressure can disrupt travel within Europe.

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