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Spain and Italy agree to end border checks after months of tension over Ceuta

News Desk22nd October 202626th October 2026

22nd October 202626th October 20261071

Spain and Italy agreed on Thursday to end the reciprocal border checks introduced after the summer migration crisis in Ceuta, bringing an almost three-month confrontation...

Spain and Italy plan joint end to border checks imposed after Ceuta crisis

News Desk16th October 202620th October 2026

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Spain and Italy are preparing to restore travel without routine border checks on their air and sea connections, following a diplomatic dispute triggered by the...

Spain and Italy extend border checks as diplomatic row over Ceuta deepens

News Desk16th September 202623rd September 2026

16th September 202623rd September 20261102

Spain and Italy have again extended reciprocal border controls for another 15 days following the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta this summer, as an...

Italy and Spain extend tit-for-tat border controls for another 15 days over Ceuta migrant crisis

News Desk1st September 20267th September 2026

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Italy and Spain are extending temporary border controls on travellers arriving from each other’s countries for a further 15 days, prolonging measures introduced in the...

Spain imposes reciprocal border checks on Italy as Schengen dispute escalates

News Desk7th August 202612th August 2026

7th August 202612th August 20262354

Report updated on 8 August to include Spain’s reciprocal measures. Spain has announced temporary border checks on travellers arriving from Italy in retaliation for Rome’s...

EU backs Spain after Ceuta migration crisis while ministers push for tougher anti-smuggling measures

News Desk4th August 202610th August 2026

4th August 202610th August 20261270

European Union interior ministers have voiced strong support for Spain following last week’s unprecedented migration crisis in Ceuta, while agreeing that the bloc must strengthen...

Spain installs sea barrier as Ceuta slowly returns to normality and death toll rises to 72

News Desk2nd August 20264th August 2026

2nd August 20264th August 20261956

ALSO READ: Ceuta crisis sparks emergency EU meeting requests as Sánchez rejects Schengen criticism. Spain has begun installing a floating sea barrier along part of...

Ceuta crisis sparks emergency EU meeting requests as Sánchez rejects Schengen criticism

News Desk1st August 20263rd August 2026

1st August 20263rd August 20262034

LATEST: Spain installs sea barrier as Ceuta slowly returns to normality and death toll rises to 72. ALSO READ: Sánchez condemns mass Ceuta crossing as ‘violation...

Diplomatic row erupts as Italy urges Schengen action against Spain over Ceuta crisis

News Desk31st July 20262nd August 2026

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LATEST: Spain installs sea barrier as Ceuta slowly returns to normality and death toll rises to 72. ALSO READ: Ceuta crisis sparks emergency EU meeting requests...

Sánchez celebrates fall of ‘last wall in continental Europe’ as Gibraltar frontier opens

News Desk15th July 202620th July 2026

15th July 202620th July 20261658

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hailed the removal of border controls between Spain and Gibraltar as the closing of ‘an open wound’, describing the...

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