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Italy Rejects Entry to 31 Travelers From Spain After Suspending Schengen Rules
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Italy Rejects Entry to 31 Travelers From Spain After Suspending Schengen Rules

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Italy identified more than 180,000 travelers from Spain between Aug. 1 and Aug. 31 and denied entry to 31 people, while detaining six others.
  • Rome extended special air and sea migration controls for another 15 days, saying the conditions that prompted their reintroduction remain.
  • Spain said it would reciprocate by maintaining controls on travelers arriving from Italy for an additional 15 days from Sept. 8.

Italy has denied entry to 31 travelers from Spain and detained six others since temporarily suspending Schengen arrangements with its neighbor over the migration crisis in Ceuta.

Italian authorities identified more than 180,000 travelers at the border between Aug. 1 and Aug. 31. Eight of those denied entry were Moroccan nationals. Security forces also checked nearly 500,000 people against passenger lists during the special operation at ports and airports.

The elements that motivated their reintroduction persist.

— Italian governmentThe government used this justification when extending temporary controls on travelers from Spain.

The Italian government extended the air and sea migration controls for another two weeks, saying that “the elements” that led to their reintroduction on Aug. 1 still persist. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi called the measure “necessary,” but limited the extension to 15 days while recognizing efforts by Spain and the European Union to resolve the situation in the Spanish enclave in North Africa.

Spain announced that it would apply the same measure to Italy, keeping controls on travelers from Italy for another 15 days from Sept. 8.

Necessary.

— Matteo PiantedosiItaly’s interior minister described the temporary border controls.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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