Italy closes borders after Spain’s migrant incursion | LBC callers react

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Andy Burnham is under pressure to beef up Britain's borders after 60,000 migrants crossed into the EU through the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in just one day. 00:00 | Jo tells Ali about social media posts encouraging the incursion revealed by a CBS investigation 06:45 | Dan thinks it could be an attempt to destabilise Spain and the E.U., similar to the ones orchestrated by Putin and Belarus 12:28 | Paul explains why he thinks the Moroccan government could be behind it. Tory Priti Patel has demanded immediate action to prevent the thousands of African migrants who illegally crossed the border from Morocco from reaching the UK. Writing to home secretary Shabana Mahmood and foreign secretary Ed Miliband, Dame Priti demanded strengthened procedures at both the English Channel and Gibraltar. Italy has taken similar action, suspending their Schengen free travel agreement with Spain. Amid the diplomatic chaos, Ali Miraj passes the mic to our listeners to discuss what happened, and why.

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