Italy takes ‘extraordinary’ step after 60K migrants rushed Spanish city following socialist leader’s open border policy
Italy has temporarily suspended its free-travel pact with Spain after 60,000 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa suddenly poured into the Spanish city of Ceuta last week — rattling EU leaders. Italy’s dramatic move, announced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, is meant to prevent migrants from entering her country after they flooded into the Spanish territory following socialist leader Pedro Sanchez’s immigration-friendly policies.
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Italy has temporarily suspended its free-travel pact with Spain after 60,000 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa suddenly poured into the Spanish city of Ceuta last week — rattling EU leaders. Italy’s dramatic move, announced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, is meant to prevent migrants from entering her country after they flooded into the Spanish territory following socialist leader Pedro Sanchez’s immigration-friendly policies. She said Italy is taking “an extraordinary measure, adopted to safeguard national security and prevent possible repercussions for our nation.” Meloni is suspending her country’s part in the Schengen Agreement, which allows free-flowing travel between 29 EU countries, with Spain for one month. Ceuta, a Spanish city of about 83,000 people surrounded by Morocco on the Mediterranean coast, is one of only two land borders between the EU and Africa.
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- Italy has temporarily suspended its free-travel pact with Spain after 60,000 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa suddenly poured into the Spanish city of Ceuta last week — rattling EU leaders. Italy’s dramatic move, announced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, is meant to prevent migrants from entering her country after they flooded into the Spanish territory following socialist leader Pedro Sanchez’s immigration-friendly policies.
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