72,000 migrants, most from Morocco, crossed the border into Ceuta on July 30, prompting Italy to suspend the EU's border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain for one month. Spain’s migration shock in Ceuta should have triggered a louder chorus of European backing, King Felipe VI said in Madrid, arguing that countries on the EU’s front line cannot be left to manage such upheavals largely on their own. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• 72,000 migrants, most from Morocco, crossed the border into Ceuta on July 30, prompting Italy to suspend the EU's border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain for one month.S1

• Spain’s migration shock in Ceuta should have triggered a louder chorus of European backing, King Felipe VI said in Madrid, arguing that countries on the EU’s front line cannot be left to manage such upheavals largely on their own. Speaking at a gala dinner dur...S2