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Spain on Saturday (Aug 8) 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see a lot of the word \u2018diplomacy\u2019 used in these decisions, not by the Italian government, nor by the Spanish government,\u201d said one 36-year-old Italian tourist, Maria Celeste Grillo, who had just flown into Madrid.<\/p>\n

She said she had not seen any added checks as she stepped off the plane, but found their implementation \u201csad\u201d.<\/p>\n

Spain announced Friday it would proceed with the heightened controls, citing what it said was \u201cpersistent irregular migration pressure\u201d facing Italy \u2013 deepening a tit-for-tat row between the EU partners and NATO allies.<\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s left-wing government has complained that Italy\u2019s hard-right government on July 31 unfairly imposed one month of border checks on travellers from Spain \u2013 suspending the EU\u2019s Schengen Area visa-free travel arrangements \u2013 because of the Ceuta influx.<\/p>\n

More than 70,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the enclave on July 30 and 31, though almost all returned to Morocco within 48 hours.<\/p>\n

The inflow alarmed European nations, especially right-wing governments urging tougher rules on irregular migrants. However, rules for Ceuta mean migrants cannot travel onward to continental Europe without passing another layer of border checks.<\/p>\n

The EU\u2019s migration chief Magnus Brunner said he had been in contact with both the Spanish and Italian interior ministers on Saturday and that \u201cboth confirmed that the internal border controls are temporary.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI stressed the progress we\u2019ve made on tackling illegal migration and that trust between member states is our most valuable currency,\u201d Brunner posted on X.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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