西班牙与意大利因摩洛哥移民问题陷入外交对峙，双方相继采取边境管制措施。上月末，约72000名摩洛哥移民突然抵达西班牙北非领土休达，其中超过80人在涌入过程中死亡，包括溺水和踩踏事故[1]。意大利总理梅洛尼批评西班牙总理桑切斯的进步性移民政策，并于8月1日对西班牙公民实施空海边境管制[1]。
西班牙政府随后向意大利发出期限要求，要求其在8月9日前撤销限制措施[1]。意大利拒绝妥协，声称"意大利不接受来自国外关于国家安全的最后通牒"[1]。期限届满后，西班牙宣布对意大利旅客实施报复性边境检查，该措施将至少持续一个月[1]。意大利政府则表示不会在至少8月15日前解除其检查[1]。此外，西班牙政府曾进行移民大赦，超过100万人提交申请，申请窗口期已于上月底结束[1]。
Spain announced retaliatory border checks on Italian travelers following a diplomatic escalation between the two countries over the handling of migrants arriving in the Spanish North African territory of Ceuta [1]. The tit-for-tat measure came after Italy implemented its own border restrictions on Spanish citizens on August 1 [1].
The dispute was triggered by an influx of approximately 72,000 Moroccan migrants who arrived in Ceuta at the end of July, an event that resulted in more than 80 deaths including those from drowning and stampedes [1]. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticized Spain's progressive migration policies and imposed air and sea border controls on Spanish citizens in response [1]. Spain's government set an August 9 deadline for Italy to lift these restrictions, but Italy refused, stating that "Italy does not accept ultimatums from abroad on national security matters" [1]. Spain then proceeded with its own retaliatory border checks, set to last at least one month [1]. Italy indicated it would not remove its checks until at least August 15 [1].
Spain had also conducted an immigrant amnesty program, during which more than one million people applied before the application window closed at the end of the previous month [1].