ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “We didn’t make a mess. We have suspended Schengen, as the Treaties provide, because something extraordinary has happened to Ceuta. Even today mayor Vivas says that there were between 8,000 and 11,000 migrants. And thousands are sub-Saharans who cannot be repatriated. Rather, what is incomprehensible and completely unacceptable is the Spanish reaction.” Speaking in an interview with La Stampa, he is the Foreign Minister and vice-premier Antonio Tajani. “Ceuta – continues – is not a Schengen area but is a Spanish exclave, Spain is. And the risk, as the Spanish press says, is the secondary movements of non- Moroccans. Where do they go after they arrived in Spain? Italy, as a destination, is the most exposed country. We are not Germany or Norway.” “Around fifteen irregulars have already been stopped in Italy – adds -. Not to mention that among migrants there were that they had been expelled previously for jihadism.” “They are not Moroccans, but this does not move the terms of the problem – continues -. We are not against Spain, but we have a duty to protect our borders. And there is no doubt that arrivals from sub-Saharan Africa represent a jihadist threat. The same Spanish police stopped suspicious people.” “Brunner has just recalled Spain to its responsibilities, because the way they face this crisis must take into account the need that non-controlled migrants arrive in the European Union – the owner of the Farnesina continues –. We made the decision for ports and airports, and it concerns citizens of third countries. According to the Spanish intelligence there is the risk of a new wave by Ferragosto: not revoking the measure is a precaution. We hope you can revoke the suspension soon, as soon as there is no risk. It is Sanchez who has dramatized.”
The Spanish government, Tajani continues, “has not watched how he should. And the politics of ‘come everyone and you will be regularized’, as it did with a million immigrants, is a negative message that puts everyone at risk. It seems to me that this concern is shared in Europe.”
“Defend the borders-follows – it does not mean risking Europe, which happens with the indiscriminate welcome. I gave an interview to the Mundo denouncing the dangers of the million regularized people before Ceuta happened. It was Monday after the World Championship final. I repeat: as soon as the danger passes, we will reopen.”
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