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Spain imposes border checks on Italy amid Ceuta migration row

Migrants sit outside the CETI short-stay migrant centre in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta
Migrants sit outside the CETI short-stay migrant centre in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta. © Henry Nicholls / AFP/File

Spain announced Friday that it would introduce border controls for travellers arriving from Italy in retaliation for Rome imposing similar measures. The rare spat between the EU nations came after tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco to Spain's North African territory Ceuta in an unprecedented, deadly rush.

Spain announced on Friday it would introduce temporary border checks on travellers from Italy in response to Rome imposing similar measures after a mass migrant rush into Ceuta.

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