{"id":78347,"date":"2026-08-31T12:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/78347\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T12:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:57:13","slug":"spain-extends-border-checks-on-arrivals-from-italy-amid-migration-dispute-ukraine-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/78347\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Extends Border Checks on Arrivals From Italy Amid Migration Dispute | Ukraine news"},"content":{"rendered":"

The measure reflects a wider dispute over movement rules and migration policy, with Rome and Madrid still facing unresolved tensions.<\/p>\n

On August 31, Spain\u2019s Ministry of the Interior extended border controls for passengers arriving from Italy by air and sea for another two weeks. Madrid said the decision was prompted by actions taken by the Italian side.<\/p>\n

\n This is reported by ANSA<\/a>, citing sources in Spain\u2019s Ministry of the Interior.\n<\/p>\n

The checks apply to people entering Spain from Italy by air or sea.<\/p>\n

Spain extends border checks with Italy<\/p>\n

The controls were maintained after Italy officially announced a 15-day extension of the temporary suspension of the Schengen free-movement regime with Spain.<\/p>\n

Madrid initially introduced border checks on August 8 for one month, until September 7. The new decision extends these measures for another two weeks.<\/p>\n

Dispute over the migration crisis in Ceuta<\/p>\n

At the end of July, Italy\u2019s Ministry of the Interior ordered the closure of its maritime and air borders with Spain, temporarily restricting the Schengen regime between the two countries.<\/p>\n

The reason was the migration crisis in Ceuta. In response, the Spanish government introduced checks on passengers arriving from Italy by plane and ship amid disagreements over efforts to combat illegal migration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The measure reflects a wider dispute over movement rules and migration policy, with Rome and Madrid still facing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[29494,29495,29496,273,25633,17,26765,29493],"class_list":["post-78347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-air-and-sea-arrivals","tag-italy-spain-border","tag-migration-crisis-ceuta","tag-news","tag-schengen-suspension","tag-spain","tag-spain-border-checks","tag-spain-border-checks-italy-spain-border-schengen-suspension-migration-crisis-ceuta-air-and-sea-arrivals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}