The diplomatic clash and rising tension between Rome and Madrid over the Ceuta migration crisis has led to an exceptional situation in the middle of summer, with the suspension of the Schengen area between both countries and the reintroduction of border controls. The Government established them yesterday randomly at some air and sea border posts for travelers coming from Italy. This is the response to the refusal of Giorgia Meloni’s Executive to lift the suspension it decreed a few days ago of the Schengen area with Spain.

The vice presidents of Extremadura, Castilla y León, and Aragón, all from Vox, sent separate letters yesterday to the Minister of Youth and Childhood, Sira Rego, to inform her that they will not attend the sectoral commission on Childhood and Adolescence on August 13, which will address the situation of migrant minors in Ceuta, and that they reject their transfer to other communities.

“Assault,” “invasion,” “humanitarian crisis.” The qualifiers have been numerous to define the largest mass entry of migrants into Spain, in this case Ceuta, all at once. The figure, which may still grow, is 72,000 entries and 82 bodies recovered in the Spanish area. The majority, of Moroccan nationality, returned voluntarily upon discovering that on the other side of the breakwater there was not even water and food for them.