The former minister has spoken out against the “crisis responses” of the government and the EU. “Suspending the treaty could lead to outcomes contrary to those hoped for. What is needed now is a genuine pact between the EU and Africa, one that does not leave us vulnerable to blackmail by individual countries and criminal organisations, as happened in Morocco”

The Ministry of the Interior has ordered the closure of the sea and air borders with Spain. The decision follows the meeting of the immigration committee chaired this morning at the Ministry of the Interior by Minister Piantedosi 

Palazzo Chigi is calling for a suspension of the Schengen Code, but the exclave’s special status and forty years of reinstatements never before used against another Member State point to the uncertain prospects for this initiative

On the one hand, there are those, such as France, who would simply like to tighten border controls; on the other, however, Austria, Denmark and Finland support Meloni’s initiative. European governments face the migration crisis in the Spanish exclave