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Italy orders closure of air and maritime borders with Spain, effectively suspending Schengen free movement between the two countries. Move follows a surge of an estimated 50,000 migrants entering Spain's Ceuta enclave from Morocco over two days, with 57 deaths reported.

Italy's Interior Ministry ordered the closure of Italy's air and maritime borders with Spain, effectively suspending the Schengen free movement regime between the two countries, after a meeting chaired by Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi on Friday morning. The decision follows a surge in which Spanish authorities estimate around 50,000 migrants entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco over two days, with the death toll among sea arrivals rising to 57 by Friday.

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