Italy has decided this Friday to extend for seven days controls at ports and airports for travelers coming from Spain, a measure with which it seeks to align its validity with the expiration date of Spanish restrictions, and has also announced that next week the Interior Ministers of both countries "will jointly evaluate alternative cooperation measures".
Sources from the Italian Government explained that the decision comes "after a meeting between Rome and Madrid", and stressed that, throughout next week, the respective Interior Ministers will work to analyze alternative cooperation options, in a context in which both countries maintain active controls on movements between their territories.
Controls reintroduced for national security
The reciprocal introduction of controls began on the part of Italy at the beginning of August, after the Ceuta crisis and for a matter of "national security". This suspension meant the reintroduction of border controls at ports and airports for travelers coming from Spain, although, in any case, they are random.
The Schengen framework and the reference to Ceuta
The suspension of Italy's adherence to the Schengen area, decided after the migratory crisis in Ceuta, expired last night, after the Interior Minister, Matteo Piantedosi, confirmed border controls again on September 30 and spoke of "critical issues" that still persist due to the "situation in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta".