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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The reopening of the Schengen border is still pending, while Italy has increased border controls, which Spain rejects.
Italy decided to extend for another 15 days the controls at the border with Spain, introduced at the beginning of August on the basis of the crisis of migrants from Ceuta. Spain announced, in turn, the extension of controls for passengers arriving from Italy by air or sea.
Italy extends border controls for Spain for another 15 days, prompting Spain to respond with similar measure
Meloni's government has decided to maintain checks at ports and airports for passengers coming from Spain due to what it still considers a "complicated" situation in Ceuta
The restrictions will, in principle, be in force until mid-September, and the deadline could be changed ‘on the basis of certain safety checks’.
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
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