France, Italy bolster border controls due to Ceuta crisis
France increased border checks to 334 officers and gendarmes as Italy suspended Schengen travel with Spain after about 60,000 migrants reached Ceuta.
- France and Italy bolstered border controls on Saturday after about 60,000 people crossed into Spain's Ceuta enclave, sparking one of the largest migrant crises for the European Union in recent years.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez blamed the surge on trafficking mafias spreading rumors about a Spanish Supreme Court ruling this month that irregular migrants arriving by sea could not be immediately returned.
- Italy suspended its Schengen agreement with Spain for one month, while France increased its border police presence fivefold to 334 officers and gendarmes by Saturday.
- Several European leaders demanded Madrid's suspension from the Schengen zone, prompting Sanchez to denounce the response as "selfish, polarising and unlawful" on Saturday.
- European Union officials scheduled crisis meetings on Monday to address the Ceuta situation, as member states express concern about the stability of the bloc's migration rules and asylum policies.
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Following the massive arrivals in Ceuta, the Haute-Garonne reinforced its controls on the Spanish border this weekend. Nearly 1,000 people were checked on Saturday, August 1.
The nickname comes after the leaders' joint letter calling for immediate action in Ceuta.
"The temporary restoration of border controls with Spain throughout the month of August, arranged by the Ministry of the Interior following the migratory emergency at the exclave of Ceuta, risks paralysing the operation of air and sea ports... (ANSA)
European leaders will meet by videoconference on Tuesday to assess and respond to the situation created by the illegal entry of tens of thousands of migrants into Ceuta. Giorgio Meloni admits that, together with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, she has led efforts to call for an urgent European response
According to the leader of the Centre Party, Mihhail Kõlvart, the Estonian state must proceed from reality in the Ceuta migration crisis, not from slogans, which he says are being proposed by Prime Minister Kristen Michal. Kõlvart emphasized that the temporary restoration of border controls is a necessary and justified step.
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