Italy suspends free movement with Spain: Is Schengen in crisis after Ceuta?

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.Ceuta’s president, Juan Jesus Vivas, told broadcaster Telecinco that between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants remain in the enclave, as the vast majority have returned. At least 72 people died in the crossing.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Why has EU called an emergency meeting on Spain migrant surge?list 2 of 4Migrant deaths in Ceuta rise to 72 after border surge from Moroccolist 3 of 4Why does Spain have ‘enclaves’ in North Africa?list 4 of 4Hundreds of migrant minors stranded in Ceuta after border crisisend of listBecause Italy and Spain do not share a land border, the measure affects people travelling between the two countries by air and sea.“In Italy, a lot of the media coverage was saying [Italian Prime Minister Giorgia] Meloni is suspending Schengen, or that Spain should be removed from Schengen,” Davide Colombi, a researcher in the Justice and Home Affairs unit at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), told Al Jazeera. “Neither of those options is actually available … you cannot kick a country o...