The French Foreign Minister announced increased control at the border with Spain.

France will strengthen control on the state border with Spain due to the large-scale migration crisis in the enclave of Ceuta. This was announced on July 31 by French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez..

"In connection with the situation in the Ceuta enclave, I ordered last night the immediate strengthening of border controls on the Spanish border," he was quoted as saying in the Politico newspaper.

Nunez clarified in his post on the social network X (ex. Twitter reported that additional local police units and army units will be mobilized to conduct regular inspections, adding that it is already in constant contact with the Spanish authorities.

The authors of the material pointed out that Paris has regularly resumed temporary control at its internal borders since the terrorist attacks of 2015, using the protective provisions of the Schengen Code, but the footage of the mass breakout of migrants to Ceuta provoked a harsh reaction from the European political community.

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Yesterday, a massive influx of migrants from Morocco was recorded in Ceuta, after Spain closed the only crossing in the city of Melilla, which operated on the border with this country. People wanted to reach the shores of the kingdom by swimming, using inflatable circles and rafts, which caused at least 18 people to drown.

The situation has seriously concerned European countries, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has proposed temporarily halting the current Schengen agreement with Spain. This initiative found support even in Finland, whose Foreign Minister, Marie Rantanen, accused Madrid of failing to fulfill its duties to protect the external border. Former head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell later called Italy's proposals to exclude Madrid from the Schengen agreement groundless.