EU home affairs ministers hold an emergency meeting in Brussels to express solidarity with Spain and discuss migration controls following the recent influx of migrants into Ceuta.
Spain has installed a 500-meter floating barrier off its North African enclave of Ceuta after a mass migrant crossing killed at least 67 people. The EU is alarmed, with 22 member states seeking coordinated action, while Spain's PM criticized Italy's Schengen suspension. Most of the 50,000 migrants who crossed have returned to Morocco.
Spain has restored control over its Ceuta border after a mass migrant incursion from Morocco, prompting Italy to suspend Schengen agreements with Spain. EU interior ministers are set to meet in an emergency session amid calls for solidarity and security measures.
Italy temporarily suspended the Schengen Agreement and reintroduced border controls with Spain after an estimated 50,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco. The surge, possibly fueled by a legal ruling, led to casualties and prompted Spain to deploy forces and rapidly return migrants.
Spain has regained control of its border in Ceuta after a massive migrant incursion from Morocco, with 67 deaths reported. The EU is divided: Italy suspended the Schengen agreement with Spain, while France increased border security but pledged solidarity.
France increased its border police presence fivefold, and Italy suspended its Schengen agreement with Spain for one month, following a major migrant influx into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, where approximately 60,000 people crossed from Morocco.
France and the UK have agreed to increase staffing at border controls to prevent travel chaos during the summer holidays. New EU fingerprinting and facial recognition checks are expected to cause significant delays at Channel crossings.
France and the UK are increasing border staff to prevent travel chaos during the summer holidays due to new EU fingerprinting and facial recognition checks. Disruption is expected at Channel crossings, with French officials assuring more staff will be deployed.
The EU has rejected demands from airports and airlines to suspend its new biometric Entry/Exit System (EES), despite acknowledging "20 difficult spots" causing queue chaos. Officials deem a full suspension "not needed" and "not possible," citing security benefits and operational improvements, while delaying the separate Etias visa system.
UK travellers heading to Europe this summer face potential delays and extra costs due to the EU's new Entry/Exit System (EES). The system requires fingerprint and photo registration, causing long queues and missed flights. Experts advise arriving at airports up to three hours early and signing up for travel alerts to avoid additional expenses.
The EU's new Entry/Exit System (EES), requiring biometric data from UK travelers, is causing warnings of long airport queues this summer. Fully rolled out in October, EES replaces passport stamping to track Schengen zone entry/exit, with some airports already reporting delays and airlines warning of potential missed flights.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has rejected calls to end internal border controls within the Schengen area, stating they have had a positive impact on migration. He argued that these controls are necessary until the EU's external border protection is significantly improved and the effects of the new Common European Asylum System (GEAS) are clear. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Magnus Brunner, however, urged a gradual phasing out of these controls.
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi defended temporary border controls with Slovenia as a strategic measure for national security and European anti-terrorism efforts, citing significant results in tracking irregular migrants and potential terrorist infiltrations.
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Around 30 Ryanair passengers were left stranded at Milan Bergamo Airport on 16 April after passport control delays caused them to miss their flight to Manchester. The delays have been blamed on the new European Entry-Exit System (EES), which requires non-EU citizens including Britons to register biometric information. A similar incident occurred earlier this month at Milan Linate with EasyJet passengers.
EasyJet passengers described EU border control as a 'nightmare' due to delays from the new Entry-Exit System (EES), causing over 100 people to miss flights from Milan. Travellers faced hours-long queues, biometric checks, and incurred thousands in extra costs to return to the UK.
Around 100 passengers were left stranded in Milan after an Easyjet flight to Manchester departed without them due to extensive queues at new border control checks at Linate airport.
More than 100 EasyJet passengers missed their flight from Milan to Manchester after becoming trapped in severe queues caused by the EU's new digital Entry-Exit System (EES). Travelers reported fainting and illness, with many forced to pay significant costs to rebook travel.
