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Spain asks Italy to lift border controls by August 9
The Madrid government asked Italy to lift its border controls on travel to Spain by the end of Sunday, August 9. Spain said the measure had disrupted the travel of thousands of passengers and created legal uncertainty.
The Madrid government opposed Italy’s border controls on travel to Spain and gave Rome until the end of Sunday, August 9, to lift them.
The Spanish government described the unilateral measure as unjust and unprecedented in recent times. It said the controls had disrupted the travel of thousands of passengers during the busiest period of the summer season and created legal uncertainty.
Spain said it would take proportionate measures to protect the interests and reputation of its citizens if the controls were not lifted.
Madrid rejects the justification involving Ceuta
Spain objected to Italy’s use of the mass movement of irregular migrants in Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa, as justification for the border controls.
The Madrid government argued that Ceuta has a special status within the Schengen system and that migrants entering the territory cannot move freely through Europe’s passport-free travel area.
About 72,000 migrants who entered Ceuta on July 30 reportedly returned to Morocco, most of them. Spain also said that irregular migrant arrivals in Italy were twice as high as those in Spain, but that it had never imposed border controls on Rome.
Sánchez calls on the Meloni government
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held a coordination meeting with his ministers to discuss the dispute. The Spanish government called on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s administration 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. A total of 1,342 unaccompanied migrant children were registered, and identification efforts continued.
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