# Spain begins border checks on Italy amid Ceuta dispute

https://mins.news/en/item/17359

- France 24, 2026-08-09 09:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/spain-starts-border-checks-on-italy-over-ceuta-dispute

> Spain has started checking travellers arriving from Italy in retaliation for similar controls imposed by Rome. The measures followed a surge of migrants into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta. Madrid says most of those migrants were quickly returned and accuses Italy of permitting “persistent irregular migration”. The European Union describes the tit-for-tat restrictions as temporary and says they will not have a lasting effect on the Schengen zone.

## 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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