Spain threatens retaliation if Italy fails to lift border controls after Ceuta migrant crossings

Italy has said it will not accept "ultimatums or impositions" after the mass crossing of migrants from Morocco to Ceuta last week.

Spain Threatens to Retaliate Against Italy Over Migration Curbs

Spain vowed to strike back if Italy doesn’t quickly lift border controls imposed over the sudden influx of 70,000 migrants to a Spanish African enclaves.

By Macarena Muñoz

Ceuta faces an unprecedented migration crisis: 'Muslims here are constantly required to prove they are real Spaniards'

The arrival of 72,000 people from Morocco in the Spanish enclave between July 30 and 31 exposed both the cracks and the bonds of solidarity running through this city, where Christians and Muslims have lived side by side for centuries.

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.

80 people died trying to get to Ceuta. In Europe, politics could eclipse the tragedy

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Ceuta: Spain warns Italy it will reciprocate entry checks

Spain has told Italy it will impose entry checks on visitors unless Rome halts its controls by Sunday. Even though they don't share a land border, the countries entered a spat after the Ceuta border rush.

Spain threatens retaliation if Italy fails to remove migrant border checks after Ceuta crisis

Italy declared it will not yield to ‘ultimatums’ from Spain

By Victoria Waldersee

Barcelona cancel friendly in Morocco due to Ceuta migrant crisis

The La Liga champions cancelled a pre-season friendly as a result of the ongoing crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta

Spain’s government announces immediate border controls with Italy in migration spat

Spain’s government said on Friday it would establish border controls for flights and ships from Italy from midnight on Saturday until September 7 in a dispute with the neighbouring country over irregular migration. Passport, nationality and visa checks would be conducted for Italian passengers and visitors from other countries arriving from Italy “amid the persistent […]

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

Spain threatened on Friday to impose restrictions on travellers from Italy unless Rome lifts by Sunday the border controls it introduced last week following a mass influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Italy swiftly responded, saying it would not accept “ultimatums or impositions” from Madrid, adding that it would keep in place its suspension of Schengen rules for non-EU nationals arriving from Spain until at least August 15. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s conservativ...

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Spain hopes to transfer migrant minors to mainland within weeks

Youth Minister Rego said the profile of child migrants had changed in the past five years since the last major border rush on Ceuta in 2021, when 8,000 people crossed the border.

'Brittle solidarity': What Ceuta tells us about unity in Europe

The events in Ceuta have left Europe grappling with questions about what happened, and what the response says about the strength of relationships within the EU.

Italy defies Spanish demand to lift border curbs over Ceuta crisis

"Italy will not accept ultimatums or impositions," the Italian government said in response to Spain's demand.

Italy says it doesn't accept Spain's 'ultimatum' on border checks

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 7 - Premier Giorgia Meloni's office said Friday that Italy will not comply with the deadline of August 9 the Spanish government has set for it to end the selective border checks it has been conducting on people arriving via air and sea from Spain. Rome suspended its Schengen arrangements with Spain following the arrival of thousands of migrants at the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta last week. "Italy does not accept ultimatums or impositions from abroad about nationa...

By ANSA

Letter from Brussels: Ceuta Migrant Panic Casts Shadow Over EU’s Summer

The mass incursion into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta showed would-be EU members how the European bloc responds to a genuine shock to its self-proclaimed values of ‘solidarity’.

By Gjeraqina Tuhina