Italy reinstates border checks over Ceuta surge

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The Schengen Area allows passport-free travel across 29 European countries, although member states can temporarily reintroduce border controls on security or public-order grounds.
45% : Italy has suspended the European Union's border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain for one month in response to a mass influx of migrants into Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco.
44% : "I made the point that if you vote for Brexit, we'll have the power to stop those people coming here.
41% : The government said the measure would not affect Spanish or other EU citizens travelling to Italy and would instead involve targeted checks on non-EU nationals arriving from Spain by air or sea.
41% : "Some of you might remember a poster I put out 10 years ago called Breaking Point, where I showed vast numbers illegally breaking into the European Union," he said.

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