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Italy temporarily suspends Schengen with Spain

2026-08-02 19:45:33Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Italy temporarily suspends Schengen with Spain

Italy's decision to temporarily reintroduce border controls within the Schengen area for travelers arriving from Spain was prompted by concerns over the migrant crisis in Ceuta.

The Italian Interior Ministry ordered the temporary suspension of the Schengen free movement regime between the two countries, imposing "targeted and selective" checks on non-European Union citizens arriving from Spain.

EU citizens traveling between Italy and Spain are not affected by this measure.

The decision was announced on Thursday evening by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Deputy Prime Ministers Antonio Tajani and Matteo Salvini, following the arrival of thousands of migrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa.

"The temporary suspension of Schengen with Spain is a necessary choice to protect the security of our citizens and European borders. It is a measure foreseen by the treaties and made inevitable by the current situation," Tajani wrote on the social network X.

"The migrant crisis in Ceuta reminds us that managing the borders of the European Union is a shared responsibility of our countries. We must work together to prevent uncontrolled flows of migrants entering EU territory, with all the risks this entails, including the threat of terrorism, against which we must act without hesitation."

The decision was officially approved on Friday morning during a meeting at the Interior Ministry, chaired by Minister Matteo Piantedosi, based on assessments by the Italian Committee for the Analysis of Migration and Border Security.

France has also decided to strengthen controls along its land border with Spain. President Emmanuel Macron announced that his country would support Spanish authorities in dealing with the emergency situation in Ceuta.

Reactions of Spain and the European Union

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez reacted on the X network to the Italian decision, stating that “solidarity and empathy are choices, but respect for European treaties and facts is not.” He cited Frontex data, according to which Italy recorded more irregular migrant arrivals than Spain during the period 2021-2026, calling for “a strong and united European Union.”

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares condemned the statements of his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani about the suspension of the Schengen agreement and summoned the Italian ambassador in Madrid to seek clarification.

According to the Italian news agency ANSA, the Spanish Foreign Ministry stressed that the crisis in Ceuta "is not related to the legalization of immigrants approved by the Spanish government," but was caused by the interpretation of a recent Supreme Court ruling on immigrants who entered by swimming to Ceuta, a situation that, according to it, "was exploited by mafias and criminal organizations."

By Friday, several other EU countries had come close to the Italian position, among them Finland, the Netherlands, Denmark, the Czech Republic and Sweden.

"Spain has completely failed to protect the external border of the Schengen area from illegal entry. This cannot continue," Finland's Interior Minister Mari Rantanen wrote on X.

European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Magnus Brunner, stated that "the situation in Ceuta is unacceptable and I am in close contact with the Spanish authorities. I reiterate that there is no movement towards continental Europe or other member states."

He added that the Schengen Borders Code contains special provisions for Ceuta and Melilla, while controls on people leaving Ceuta remain in force, Euronews writes.

Against the backdrop of the electoral campaign for next year's general elections in Italy, the proposal to suspend Schengen has sparked strong political debate and received support from several far-right parties in Europe, including France's National Rally, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Reform UK in the United Kingdom.


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