# Italy vows to maintain border checks despite Spain’s countermeasures threat

https://mins.news/en/item/16364

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-07 16:10 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/italy-vows-to-maintain-border-checks-despite-spains-countermeasures-threat?traffic_source=rss

> Italy says it will keep its border checks in place despite a warning from Spain. Madrid has threatened “proportional measures” unless Rome ends the checks. The dispute comes amid fallout from the migrant crisis in Ceuta. The exchange signals growing friction between the two countries over the border controls.

## Stories

- [Ceuta Mass Migration and Border Controls](https://mins.news/en/topic/ceuta-mass-migration-crisis) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/ceuta-mass-migration-crisis.md

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