西班牙政府周五警告意大利，若梅洛尼政府不在周日前撤销针对来自西班牙旅客的入境检查，西班牙将采取对等措施[1]。这些检查是意大利在摩洛哥边境的西班牙飞地休达涌入数万人后实施的[1]。
意大利政府随即拒绝接受西班牙的要求，表示将至少维持这些检查至8月15日，暂停对来自西班牙非欧盟国民的申根区通行规则[1]。西班牙方面指出，近年流入意大利的非正规移民数量高于西班牙[1]。据估计，约72,000人涌入休达，其中大多数在数天内返回摩洛哥[1]。移民分析家Gerald Knaus将意大利的这一举措评为"纯粹民粹主义"和"完全荒谬"的措施[1]。
Spain's government issued a warning to Italy on Friday, threatening reciprocal border measures unless Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's administration withdraws entry checks on passengers arriving from Spain by Sunday, August 9.[1] The Italian measures were implemented following an influx of tens of thousands of people into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta at the Morocco border.[1]
Italy rejected Spain's ultimatum, announcing it would maintain checks on non-EU nationals arriving from Spain for at least until August 15, effectively suspending Schengen zone rules for that period.[1] According to Spanish officials, the surge brought approximately 72,000 people into Ceuta, though the majority returned to Morocco within days.[1] Spain further argued that irregular migration flows into Italy in recent years have exceeded those into Spain.[1]
Migration analyst Gerald Knaus characterized Italy's approach as "pure populism" and "completely absurd."[1]