Italy defies Spanish demand to lift border curbs over Ceuta migrant crisis

Italy has defiantly refused to lift border curbs imposed in response to a mass influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, defying Spanish demands. Spain threatened to impose restrictions on travellers from Italy unless Rome lifts the border controls it introduced last week. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s conservative government had previously said the more robust travel checks would remain in force until the end of the month, justifying the decision to partially suspend the EU’s border-free Schengen arrangements to prevent any of the migrants who entered Ceuta from travelling to Italy.

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