SPAIN - ITALY: DISPUTE GROWS OVER MIGRATION BETWEEN EU COUNTRIES

The EU says the tit-for-tat border restrictions between Spain and Italy are temporary and will have no lasting impact on the Schengen zone. Spain began checking travellers from Italy in retaliation for similar controls imposed by Rome after a surge of migrants into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta.

France 24 - International breaki reports that the EU says the tit-for-tat border restrictions between Spain and Italy are temporary and will have no lasting impact on the Schengen zone.

The report adds: Spain began checking travellers from Italy in retaliation for similar controls imposed by Rome after a surge of migrants into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta.

Madrid says most of those migrants were swiftly returned and has accused Italy of allowing “persistent irregular migration”.

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