Spain and Italy’s ideological battle over migration policies is spilling into passport queues and exposing the fragility of Europe’s free-travel area.
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Spain and Italy’s ideological battle over migration policies is spilling into passport queues and exposing the fragility of Europe’s free-travel area.
Travellers queue at the passport control at Caselle airport in Turin, Italy, 30 December 2022. | Tino Romano/EPA
August 8, 2026
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a critic of Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez’s migration stance, has promised action to defend Italy’s…
Spain has imposed temporary border checks on air and sea travel from Italy as tensions between the two EU countries escalate over…
Italy has claimed tighter checks on travellers from Spain will remain in the face of "a new wave of migration" to Ceuta
A sudden move to deepen the dispute could ensnare thousands of travellers moving between the two countries – and erode an…
Spain enforces border checks on Italian travellers amid a diplomatic dispute over Ceuta migrants following Italy's restrictions…
Spain’s government said on Friday it would establish border controls for flights and ships from Italy from midnight on Saturday…
