Spain and Italy Agree to End Border Checks After Ceuta Crisis
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According to diplomatic sources, Pedro Sanchez and Giorgia Meloni, Prime Ministers of Spain and Italy, agreed to suspend these measures on the margins of a European summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday.
After the onslaught of Ceuta, the two EU partners control each other's borders. Their interior ministers are now exploring new cooperation.
After weeks of tensions caused by migration policy, Italy and Spain are taking the first steps to put an end to a dispute that has affected free movement between the two countries. A meeting between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sánchez, held in the margins of the EU summit in Brussels, led to an agreement on border controls, Euronews reports.
Italy and Spain have agreed to end mutual border checks imposed after a migrant crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in late July. The decision was reached after a meeting between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez in Brussels. The two countries will work to lift the restrictions that have sparked a major row between their governments and hampered free movement within the Schengen area.
Spain and Italy have agreed on the coordinated lifting of controls at ports and airports imposed by Rome and supported by Madrid after the crisis in Ceuta.
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