Spain imposes reciprocal border checks on Italy as Schengen dispute escalates
Report updated on 8 August to include Spain’s reciprocal measures. Spain has announced temporary border checks on travellers arriving from Italy in retaliation for Rome’s decision to impose similar restrictions on arrivals from Spain, marking a further escalation in an increasingly bitter diplomatic dispute between the two European Union allies.... The post Spain imposes reciprocal border checks…
Spain has imposed temporary border controls on travelers arriving from Italy, in response to Rome's decision to impose similar restrictions on arrivals from Spain. This escalation in the Schengen dispute between the two European Union allies came amid a surge in irregular migration pressure facing Italy. The Spanish controls, set to be in place until September 7th, come after Italy refused to lift its own restrictions on travelers from Spain, which Madrid had warned would be met with 'proportional measures'.
Italy rejected the ultimatum, insisting it would not accept 'impositions' over national security or border policy. The dispute began after Italy temporarily suspended Schengen free-movement arrangements with Spain following a migrant crisis in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa.
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