Spain said Friday that the integrity of the Schengen free-travel area was “guaranteed” after a surge of migrant arrivals in its north African enclave of Ceuta prompted Italy to announce temporary border controls with Spain.
“Practically the entirety of those who entered Ceuta have already returned to Morocco,” Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said in a message on X, accusing critics of spreading “confusion”.
Albares said people could not travel from Ceuta or neighbouring Melilla to mainland Spain without passing through police identification checks.
“The integrity of the Schengen Area is absolutely guaranteed,” he added.
Earlier on Friday, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Rome had temporarily suspended its Schengen arrangement with Spain, describing the move as “a necessary decision to protect the security of our citizens and defend Europe’s borders”.
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