Spain threatens retaliation if Italy fails to remove migrant border checks after Ceuta crisis

Italy has declared it will not bow to "ultimatums or impositions" from Spain, confirming its intention to maintain border controls on arrivals from the country until at least 15 August.The declaration comes after Spain earlier on Friday threatened to implement reciprocal measures against travellers from Italy. Madrid had demanded Rome lift the border checks, which were imposed last week following a significant influx of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, by Sunday.Migrants queue to receive food staples in an industrial area where they are sleeping amid recent mass crossings by migrants on foot and by sea from Morocco into the Spanish territory, in Ceuta, Spain. (Reuters)In a statement, the Italian government clarified that it would only reconsider its decision once it