Italy and Spain Lift Border Controls After Ceuta Migrant Crisis

Italy and Spain agreed to end temporary border checks on each other's citizens, ending a three-month dispute that followed the mass crossing of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in July.

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Oct 27, 10:44 AM	dw.com	EU proposes giving Frontex border agency new major powers
Oct 27, 8:35 AM	straitstimes.com	Judge orders Spanish government to declassify more material on Ceuta border surge
Oct 27, 6:36 AM	straitstimes.com	EU Commission proposes expanding powers of border police force
Oct 26, 9:25 AM	euronews.com	Exclusive: EU to give Frontex new powers to deport migrants from outside Europe
Oct 26, 4:23 AM	breitbart.com	Watch: Thousands March in Support of Ceuta as Third Month Anniversary of Migrant Invasion Nears
Oct 23, 3:13 AM	breitbart.com	Italy and Spain Restore Schengen Open Borders Agreement Months After Ceuta Invasion
Oct 22, 1:03 PM	washingtonexaminer.com	Italy and Spain end border crisis sparked by Ceuta invasion, but approximately 15,000 migrants still demand asylum
Oct 22, 9:04 AM	aljazeera.com	Italy and Spain lift border controls after months of tension over Ceuta
Oct 22, 8:39 AM	euronews.com	How migration is reshaping the political debate in Spain's Ceuta
Oct 22, 6:42 AM	africanews.com	Spanish right champions Ceuta migrant crisis as its key topic in election campaign
Oct 22, 2:24 AM	euronews.com	Italy and Spain to end border checks, easing tensions after Ceuta migrant row
Oct 22, 2:01 AM	straitstimes.com	Italy, Spain lift border controls brought in after Ceuta migrant rush

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