Italy extends border curbs with Spain a month after migrant rush
Italy said the checks remain necessary because the situation in Ceuta has not improved, with 5,000 to 10,000 migrants still in the enclave.
- 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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After the influx of exiles into the Spanish enclave at the end of July, Rome had suspended the free movement of people from Spanish territory before Madrid did the same. Both countries decided, on Monday 31 August, to maintain the measure.
The suspension of the Schengen Agreement in respect of passengers arriving from Spain to Italy will be extended for a further 15 days, as reported by the media, the Italian Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedozi, notified his Spanish colleague.
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The extension was initially granted by Italy due to the situation in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. The post Italy and Spain: 15-day extension to the suspension of the implementation of the Schengen Treaty appeared first on in.gr.
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