Italy, Spain Lift Border Checks

RomeOver 70,000 people entering Ceuta triggered three months of border checks.

Italy suspended Schengen free movement with Spain on July 31, and Madrid retaliated.

Most swimmers returned to Morocco within hours, but thousands, including unaccompanied minors, stayed for weeks in dire conditions.

Ceuta resident Ruben Gonzalez said “we’ve been here for two months, and these people haven’t been sent back.”

Spanish voters decide Pedro Sánchez’s re-election in November, with Ceuta central to Vox and People’s Party campaigns.

Sources: Al Jazeera Online