Italy, Spain lift border controls brought in after Ceuta migrant rush
The two governments will pair the rollback with expanded information-sharing to protect Schengen security after a three-month dispute.
- On Friday, Italy and Spain agreed to lift border controls on each other's citizens, ending a three-month suspension of open-border Schengen rules triggered by a migrant surge into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
- Italy initially suspended Schengen arrangements on July 31 to prevent migrants from Ceuta traveling into its territory, where more than 70,000 people crossed illegally from Morocco.
- Madrid responded with reciprocal checks on travelers from Italy, with Spanish Foreign Minister Jos Manuel Albares calling the Italian measures "absurd" and "a disgrace" to the European Union.
- Interior ministers Matteo Piantedosi and Fernando Grande-Marlaska finalized the agreement through a phone call, with the decision "reached after a careful assessment of the situation" and accompanied by enhanced information-sharing measures.
- Last week, Prime Ministers Giorgia Meloni and Pedro signaled their intention to end the checks at the European Council, resolving the political saga that followed the massive border breach in Ceuta.
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The migration crisis in Ceuta led Italy to apply border controls to Spain, a measure that was retaliated by the country governed by Pedro Sánchez. Now, after almost three months, the two countries reach agreement and lift controls.
Italy and Spain agreed on Thursday to eliminate the mutual border controls introduced following the migration crisis in Ceuta, where more than 80,000 migrants entered Morocco at the end of July. The decision comes after months of diplomatic tensions between Rome and Madrid, marked by mutual accusations and the temporary suspension of free movement for certain air and maritime links. The two governments instead decided to strengthen the exchange …
Italy and Spain have agreed to lift border controls on each other's citizens, ending a three-month standoff over the influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Italy's Interior Ministry said on Thursday. Italy's right-wing government suspended free movement agreements with Spain on July 31, arguing it wanted to ensure migrants entering Ceuta did not continue their journey to Italian territory. Madrid responded by imposing similar meas…
Italy and Spain have agreed to definitively lift temporary border controls, putting an end to the suspension of the Schengen rules between the two countries, writes Euronews.The decision was taken following a...
Italy and Spain are reinstating the Schengen Agreement and abolishing passport and customs controls, the Ministry of Interior in Rome announced. Both countries introduced the controls due to the migrant crisis in Ceuta.
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