# Italy and Spain lift border controls after months of tension over Ceuta

https://mins.news/en/item/111447

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-22 16:04 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/italy-and-spain-lift-border-controls-after-months-of-tension-over-ceuta?traffic_source=rss

> Italy and Spain agreed to end restrictions on each other’s citizens, closing a three-month standoff sparked by a mass influx of migrants into Ceuta. They said they would strengthen information-sharing to protect the Schengen area. More than 70,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave in late July, raising EU border-security concerns.

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