French authorities say armed French border agents were allowed to enter a northern Italian train station facility, following accusations that they allegedly forced a Nigerian migrant to give a urine sample for a drug test. “In order to carry out the test in conditions respecting the person, the agents waited until the train arrived to use the facility at Bardonecchia station which was placed at the disposal of French customs,” the statement went on, saying the procedure respected guidelines laid down in 1990. But Italy has said it told French customs authorities this month that the train station room was now off-limits, and added that talks had been scheduled in Turin on 16 April to discuss the situation. The humanitarian group Rainbow4Africa, which helps migrants at the Bardonecchia train station west of Turin, denounced what it called a "raid" on Friday night in their station workspace and accused the five armed French border agents of intimidating its doctor, cultural mediators and lawyers working there. French customs officials waited for the passenger to alight from the train and were allowed to use the station at Bardonecchia to obtain a urine sample under a bi-national agreement, it added, insisting that the officers had followed procedure. It cited a 1990 agreement allowing such use of the room, and added that the urine test turned out negative. A volunteer who witnessed the incident told Sky TG24 that the Nigerian had Italian identity papers, a valid Paris-Naples train ticket and that his urine test was negative. ROME (AP) — The Latest on the spat between Italy and France over French border guards' actions at an Italian train station (all times local):

Italy is disputing France's claim that its border control agents had a right to use an Italian train station facility to carry out a drug test on a Nigerian man taken off a Paris-Naples train. But in a statement Saturday after Italy summoned France's ambassador for consultations, the foreign ministry said it had told French customs officials this month that the facility was no longer available because a humanitarian group was now using it. Italian officials were outraged at the incident, with Bardonecchia Mayor Francesco Avato saying the French had no right to enter the facility, which he said the city operates with Rainbow4Africa as a "neutral" space to try to persuade migrants not to make the dangerous Alpine crossing into France.
The French ambassador to Italy is summoned to the Italian foreign ministry to explain an incident in which French police cross over the sovereign border of Italy, enter a migrant clinic in Turin, and force a refugee to take a urine test.