Italy to propose Albania-style EU migrant hubs at post-Ceuta meeting

Italy will propose the creation of EU migrant hubs outside the bloc along the lines of its centres in Albania at Tuesday's emergency meeting of European interior ministers following the arrival of thousands of migrants at the Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last week, sources have said, confirming newspaper reports. Premier Giorgia Meloni's government has suspended arrangements regarding the Schengen agreement allowing for control-free movement between borders with Spain for a month following the events in Ceuta. Madrid and Italy's opposition parties have blasted the move as propaganda, given that entry to the enclave does not automatically give access to the Schengen area and that Italy does not border Spain. Most of the migrants who reached the enclave, many swimming around the bo