Spain has threatened to take steps against Italian tourists if Italy does not remove by Sunday the border checks it imposed after the migrant wave in Ceuta, according to N12. The checks were imposed following the mass influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave in North Africa last week.
Spain has threatened to take steps against Italian tourists arriving on its soil, according to N12, if Italy does not remove by Sunday the border checks it imposed after the migrant crisis in Ceuta. The threat marks a new escalation in the diplomatic row between the two EU member states.
As The Zioneer has reported, Italy ordered the closure of its sea and air borders with Spain on Friday, suspending the Schengen Agreement, citing the migrant influx into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week. Spain subsequently summoned the Italian ambassador in Madrid. The present threat suggests Madrid is preparing a reciprocal response.
The source did not specify what steps Spain might take against Italian tourists. The border checks Italy imposed are part of a broader European response to the Ceuta crisis, which saw an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 migrants cross into the enclave in a single day.
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