Italy extends border curbs with Spain a month after migrant rush
Italy said the checks will stay in place as officials cited continued pressure from thousands of migrants in Ceuta.
- On Monday, Italy announced a 15-day extension of border controls with Spain, suspending Schengen arrangements and citing the "persistence of the factors" that prompted initial measures on August 1.
- Italy imposed these restrictions following a mass influx of at least 72,000 migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, where between 5,000 and 8,000 individuals remain, causing significant local tension.
- Spain's Foreign Minister Manuel Albares denounced the move as "an unjustified and unjustifiable affront to the dignity of Spaniards," while Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi stated checks concern only third-country nationals, not Europeans or Spaniards.
- Minister Giorgia Meloni faces political pressure from the far-right party Futuro Nazionale, whose rhetoric resonates with voters ahead of next year's elections, as the government notifies the European Union of continued air and sea border checks.
- Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi discussed the measures with Spanish counterpart Fernando Grande-Marlaska in a "constructive" phone conversation, as Italy acknowledged Spain and the European Union's steps to resolve the Ceuta situation in the near future.
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From the Italian Executive they consider that the circumstances that led to the establishment of the measure on 1 August remain.
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The Objective | Periodismo ethosIn Italy's view, the elements of the assessment persisted, leading to the reintroduction on 1 August of border controls.
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BTItaly suspended border cooperation with Spain after 70,000 migrants streamed into Spanish exclave.
Rome maintains the restrictions introduced on August 1 for "national security" in the face of the migratory crisis in Ceuta.
Italy will extend for fifteen more days the suspension of the European Union's free movement agreement with Spain, which expired on Monday, according to a government statement.Rome suspended the Schengen agreement with Madrid for one month on 31 July, in response to the massive arrival of immigrants to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco and the absence of guarantees to protect the border. Thus, border controls between Italy a…
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