Spain Calls for Italy to Remove Restrictions
Spain has called on Italy to lift the restrictions it imposed following the Melilla crisis. The Spanish Interior Minister confirmed that the European Union meeting discussed the mass influx at the Melilla border, and the member states agreed on Madrid’s immediate and effective response. He pointed out that around 70,000 of the 72,000 migrants who entered Melilla have left the area, and that the region has not been under any threat, as it is not covered by the Schengen Agreement. He added that Spanish intelligence had no indications of an imminent large-scale crossing into Melilla, and that the government acted quickly to establish a maritime barrier after a court ruling prevented the immediate deportation of migrants arriving by swimming.
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