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\nSpain checked \u200caround 200 travelers arriving from Italy at the country\u2019s six largest airports on the first day of border controls reintroduced following a dispute with Italy over irregular migration. Spain\u2019s 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, \u200cit said \u200clate on Saturday.
\nSpain said on \u200cFriday 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\u2019s North African enclave of Ceuta on \u200cJuly 30.
\nItaly has \u200csuspended the European Union\u2019s border-free Schengen arrangements with \u200cSpain since August 1 and said \u200cit would maintain border controls until at least August 15. Rome said the measure would not affect Spanish or other EU citizens traveling to \u200cItaly and would instead involve targeted checks on non-EU nationals arriving from Spain by air or sea.
\n\u201cWe hope to be able to lift the suspension soon, as soon as there is no longer any risk,\u201d Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told Italian daily Corriere della Sera in an interview published on Sunday.
\nThe Schengen Area allows passport-free travel across 29 European countries, although member states can temporarily reintroduce border controls on security or public-order grounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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