# Italy extends Schengen suspension with Spain as talks loom

https://mins.news/en/item/103339

- France 24, 2026-10-16 15:37 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261016-italy-prolongs-schengen-suspension-with-spain-talks-loom

> Italy has extended its suspension of the EU’s border-free travel arrangements with Spain for another week, citing a surge in migrant arrivals in Ceuta in late July, an Italian government source said Friday. A Spanish spokesperson said the two countries’ interior ministers would work next week on lifting border controls.

## Stories

- [Ceuta Mass Migration and Border Controls](https://mins.news/en/topic/ceuta-mass-migration-crisis) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/ceuta-mass-migration-crisis.md

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