Migration: Italy and Spain extend mutual border controls
Travellers between Spain and Italy must continue to expect border controls. Italy is extending the controversial measure due to the Ceuta crisis again and Madrid is immediately following suit.
Italy and Spain are maintaining random border checks between the two EU countries. Italy has extended the checks for another 15 days, citing continued concerns over migration, and Spain has reciprocated. The checks were first introduced by Italy on August 1, after a surge in migrants arrived in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
The measures are set to continue in Spain until at least September 22. Italy's decision was criticized as "symbolic politics" by those who argue that there is no evidence that migrants from Ceuta posed a threat to Italy.
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