{"id":38987,"date":"2026-08-08T17:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/38987\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:38:12","slug":"spain-imposes-border-checks-on-italian-travellers-amid-migrant-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/38987\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain imposes border checks on Italian travellers amid migrant dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spain<\/a> on Saturday started border checks on travellers arriving from Italy<\/a>, responding to similar measures Rome imposed following an unprecedented migrant rush<\/a> into the Spanish north African enclave of Ceuta.<\/p>\n

“I don’t see a lot of the word ‘diplomacy’ used in these decisions, not by the Italian government, nor by the Spanish government,” said one 36-year-old Italian tourist, Maria Celeste Grillo, who had just flown into Madrid.<\/p>\n

She said she had not seen any added checks as she stepped off the plane, but found their implementation “sad”.<\/p>\n

Spain announced Friday it would proceed with the heightened controls, citing “persistent irregular migration pressure” facing Italy \u2013 deepening a row between the EU partners and NATO<\/a> allies.<\/p>\n

Read moreCeuta migrant influx reignites immigration divisions in Europe<\/a><\/p>\n

Spain’s left-wing government has complained that Italy’s hard-right government on July 31 unfairly imposed one month of border checks on travellers from Spain \u2013 suspending the EU’s Schengen Area visa-free travel arrangements \u2013 because of the Ceuta influx.<\/p>\n

More than 70,000 migrants<\/a> had crossed from Morocco<\/a> into the Ceuta enclave on July 30 and 31, though almost all of them subsequently returned to Morocco<\/a> within 48 hours.<\/p>\n

The inflow alarmed European nations, especially right-wing ones urging tougher rules on irregular migrants. However, rules for Ceuta mean migrants cannot travel onward to continental Europe without passing another layer of border checks.<\/p>\n

Spain’s interior ministry said the new checks on incoming travellers from Italy would apply until September 7.<\/p>\n

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