Italy began enforcing air and sea border controls on Spanish citizens on Aug. 1 following Meloni’s scathing criticism of the progressive migration policies of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. The feud was triggered after the sudden arrival of 72,000 migrants from Morocco at Spain’s North African territory late last month. But it also says border controls should be applied as a last resort in exceptional situations, and must be time-limited. “Italy does not accept ultimatums or impositions from abroad about national security and border control,” a statement said. The post Southern Europe’s anti-immigrant attitude on display as Spain, Italy start checking each other’s passports appeared first on Fortune.