Italy extends border curbs with Spain a month after migrant rush
The extension keeps air and sea identity checks in place as Italy says conditions in Ceuta remain unchanged, with 5,000 to 10,000 migrants still there.
- 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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Italy has decided to extend the suspension of the Schengen Agreement with Spain for another 15 days. Immediately the Madrid reaction, which announces new controls on arrivals from Italy for another two weeks
Italy said on Monday that it will suspend for another 15 days the regime of open borders with Spain, extending the restrictions imposed after the mass arrival of migrants to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta a month ago.
Italy is extending border controls for travelers from Spain by fifteen days. The measure was introduced after tens of thousands of people unexpectedly traveled from Morocco to the Spanish exclave of Ceuta in Africa. Spain responded immediately on Monday by also extending border controls for travelers from Italy by fifteen days.
Italy announced today that the suspension of the Schengen Convention with Spain, which has been in force since the beginning of August because of the influx of immigrants into Ceuta, would be extended for an additional 15 days, to which Spain immediately responded by a similar decision.
The Spanish government is extending border controls for travelers entering the country from Italy by sea or air for fifteen days. The decision follows shortly after news that the Italian government is also extending border controls for travelers from Spain for the same period. The Italians imposed stricter controls a month ago after migrants from Morocco crossed the border into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta en masse. In early August, Spain also…
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