Italy and Spain end border crisis sparked by Ceuta invasion
The governments of Italy and Spain have buried the hatchet after months of hostility caused by the migrant invasion of Ceuta in North Africa, but the city remains a hot spot of illegal immigrants.
TL;DR
- Italy and Spain have ended a period of hostility caused by the migrant invasion of Ceuta.
- Interior Ministers Matteo Piantedosi (Italy) and Fernando Grande-Marlaska (Spain) announced the normalization of their Schengen Area agreement.
- Italy had previously suspended free movement from Spain in July.
- This suspension was in response to 70,000 migrants, primarily from Morocco, entering the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
- Spain retaliated by implementing border checks on Italian travelers.