Italy vows to maintain border checks despite Spain’s countermeasures threat
- Madrid warns of ‘proportional measures’ if Rome does not put an end to checks amid fallout from Ceuta migrant crisis.
- Italy has doubled down on its temporary reinstatement of border controls following the deadly rush of thousands of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, even after Madrid threatened retaliation.
- In a statement on Friday, the Italian government said it would not bow to “ultimatums or impositions” from Spain and would maintain border controls until at least August 15.
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- Madrid warns of ‘proportional measures’ if Rome does not put an end to checks amid fallout from Ceuta migrant crisis.
- Italy has doubled down on its temporary reinstatement of border controls following the deadly rush of thousands of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, even after Madrid threatened retaliation.
- In a statement on Friday, the Italian government said it would not bow to “ultimatums or impositions” from Spain and would maintain border controls until at least August 15.
Sources: Al Jazeera