Spain checks 200 Italy arrivals in border controls after migration row
Italy has suspended the European Union’s border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain since August 1 and said it would maintain border controls until at least August 15
August 09, 2026 08:49
MADRID/MILAN: Spain checked around 200 travelers 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’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. Spain said on Friday border controls for flights and ships from Italy would remain in force until September 7 after Rome applied its own measures, which it said were motivated by the mass migration rush by 72,000 people to Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on July 30.
