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Spain asks Italy to lift border controls by August 9
The Spanish government asked Italy to lift its border controls targeting Spain by the end of Sunday, August 9. Madrid said the measures had disrupted the travel plans of thousands of passengers and created legal uncertainty.
Madrid asked Italy to end its border controls targeting Spain by the end of Sunday, August 9. The Spanish government described the measure as unilateral, unjust and unprecedented in recent history.
Spain said the controls, imposed during the busiest period of the summer season, had disrupted the travel plans of thousands of passengers and created legal uncertainty. It said it would take proportionate measures to protect the interests and reputation of its citizens if the controls were not lifted.
Debate over migration movements in Ceuta
Spain rejected Italy’s justification of the border controls on the grounds of the mass movement of irregular migrants in Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa. Madrid argued that Ceuta has a special status within the Schengen system and that migrants entering the area cannot move freely throughout Europe’s passport-free travel zone.
About 72,000 migrants who entered Ceuta on July 30 returned to Morocco. Spain also said that irregular migrant arrivals in Italy were twice as high as those in Spain, yet it had never imposed border controls on Italy.
Madrid calls on Rome to act
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez discussed the issue with his ministers at a coordination meeting. The Spanish government called on the administration of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to end the controls and treat Spaniards in the same way as other European citizens.
The bodies of 80 migrants who died during the mass crossing in Ceuta were recovered. In addition, 1,342 unaccompanied migrant children were registered, and efforts to identify them were continuing.
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