Rantanen defends Spain border stance after EU talks

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Finland’s interior minister Mari Rantanen said the country has no present need to restore checks on travellers arriving from Spain after Spanish authorities brought a https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/world-int/29108-more-than-49-000-migrants-cross-into-spanish-enclave-of-ceuta.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mass border crossing in Ceuta under control.

She defended her earlier support for action against Spain and denied that her response had been rushed.

Rantanen spoke on Tuesday after an informal video meeting of interior ministers from European Union and Schengen countries.