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Italy and Spain to end border checks, easing tensions after Ceuta migrant row

Italy and Spain have agreed to permanently lift temporary border checks, ending the suspension of Schengen rules between the two countries.

The decision follows a phone call between interior ministers Matteo Piantedosi and Fernando Grande-Marlaska. Last week, Prime Ministers Giorgia Meloni and Pedro Sánchez signalled their intention to end the checks on the sidelines of the European Council.

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