Italy and France tighten borders with Spain after 50,000 enter Ceuta

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Spain's Interior Ministry put at around 50,000 the number who entered since Thursday and at 48,300 those who had already returned voluntarily to Morocco, according to its latest Friday updatehttps://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/110981/100x80/ceuta.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0 12px 6px 0; border: 1px solid #333;" width="100" />
Italy ordered the reintroduction of border checks at its ports and airports with Spain on Friday, and France announced it would increase fivefold the officers deployed at its land border from Saturday, after tens of thousands of people entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta irregularly from Morocco.

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