Spain checks 200 Italian arrivals as countries clash over Morrocan migrant crisis at Cueta border

Spain's Interior Ministry carried out checks on a total of 199 people on 12 flights from Italy to airports in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Bilbao, Alicante and Valencia, it said late on Saturday.

The EU says the tit-for-tat border restrictions between Spain and Italy are temporary and will have no lasting impact on the Schengen zone. Spain began checking travellers from Italy in retaliation for similar controls imposed by Rome after a surge of migrants into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta. Madrid says mo

The border checks started at midnight on Saturday, a week after Italy introduced similar restrictions on Spanish visitors.

MADRID/MILAN, Aug 9 - Spain checked around 200 travellers arriving from Italy at the country's six largest airports on the first day of border controls reintroduced following a dispute with Italy over irregular migration.

Spain checks 200 Italy arrivals in border controls after migration row  Reuters

Spain on Saturday started border checks on travellers arriving from Italy, responding to similar measures Rome imposed following a massive migrant rush into the Spanish north African enclave of Ceuta.

Migrants, some of them minors, queue to receive food staples from local NGO Media Luna Blanca 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, August 6, 2026. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura 09 Aug 2026 05:39AM

Spain on Saturday started border checks on travellers arriving from Italy, responding to similar measures Rome imposed following a massive migrant rush into the Spanish north African enclave of Ceuta.

Spain has started border checks on travelers from Italy, escalating a dispute over migrant flows. This move follows Italy’s similar measures after a migran

EU member states are allowed to temporarily reintroduce controls at so-called internal borders in case of a serious threat, though they should be a last resort and time-limited

Spain's government said it would establish border controls for flights and ships from Italy, from midnight on Saturday until September 7, in a dispute over irregular migration.

Spain's government said it would establish border controls for flights and ships from Italy, from midnight on Saturday until September 7, in a dispute over irregular migration.

Spain imposed border checks on Italian travellers after Rome refused to lift restrictions on Spaniards, escalating a dispute over migration to Ceuta.

A diplomatic spat between Spain and Italy over the rush of tens of thousands of migrants to the Spanish territory of Ceuta escalated on Saturday after the government in Madrid announced border controls on Italian travelers in response to Rome's decision to impose sanctions on visitors from Spain.

The spat between Spain and Italy comes after tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco to Spain’s North African territory on July 30-31 in an unprecedented and deadly rush.

The diplomatic spat between Spain and Italy over migrant arrivals at Ceuta has escalated after Madrid announced border controls on Italian travelers after Rome had earlier imposed similar sanctions on visitors from Spain

Spain imposes border checks on Italian travelers in tit-for-tat move over Ceuta migrants row  apnews.com

Following Italy’s rejection of its ultimatum to lift the border checks imposed in response to the Ceuta migration crisis, Spain has in turn announced that it will carry out checks on travellers from Italy. From midnight on Saturday, travellers from Italy would initially be subject to random checks at ports and airports

EU’s Internal Borders Start to Harden as Row Grows Over Migrants  WSJ

The invasion of the Spanish city of Ceuta by tens of thousands of young, marauding Moroccans is, like Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, a tale of how the future could look unless one takes action in the present. It’s also a temptation to succumb to schadenfreude. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez harbors a specia

Checks would stay in place until 7 September "unless a change in the circumstances that led to its adoption warrants modifying that period".

Spain's government said on Friday it would impose restrictions on travellers from Italy from midnight on Saturday until September 7.

Spain imposes border checks on Italy as migrant showdown grows  euractiv.com

Spain has introduced border checks for travellers arriving from Italy after Rome's measures over the Ceuta crisis, from IDs to trips with children and pets.

Italy has claimed tighter checks on travellers from Spain will remain in the face of 'a new wave of migration' to Ceuta

Spanish police have been monitoring online rumours and social media about possible fresh arrivals in Ceuta in mid-August, according to local media

Spain has implemented temporary border checks on travelers arriving by air and sea from Italy, intensifying tensions between these two European Union nations regarding migration policies. Italy had previously enacted similar measures following a significant influx of migrants into Spain. This ongoing conflict underscor

Move widens rift between Pedro Sánchez’s government and rightwing Italian premier Giorgia Meloni

Move comes in response to Rome imposing similar measures after mass migration rush to Ceuta Spain has announced it will introduce temporary border checks on visitors from Italy in response to Rome imposing similar measures after a mass rush of people from Morocco into Ceuta. The checks, which come “amid the persistent

Spain will introduce temporary border checks on travellers from Italy in response to Rome imposing similar measures.

Spain imposes border checks on Italy as migrant showdown grows

Spain had called Italy's measures suspending its visa-free Schengen travel deal following the Ceuta migrant crisis 'unfair, contrary to the EU's interests'.

Madrid warns of 'proportional measures' if Rome does not put an end to checks amid fallout from Ceuta migrant crisis.

Meloni's government says it will continue its temporary suspension of Schengen until at least Aug. 15.

Italy has said it will not accept "ultimatums or impositions" after the mass crossing of migrants from Morocco to Ceuta last week.

Suspension of Schengen arrangements won't be revised before August 15 says Meloni's office

Spain and Italy’s feud over migration escalated after Rome bluntly refused to lift new border controls imposed after the sudden influx of 70,000 migrants to a Spanish African enclave.

The colonial legacies of both cities cast long shadows, writes Parvati Nair of The Conversation