MADRID/MILAN (Reuters) : Spain checked ‌around 200 travelers arriving from Italy at the country’s six largest airports on the first day ​of border controls reintroduced following a dispute with Italy over irregular migration. Spain’s 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, ‌it said ‌late on Saturday. Italy has ‌suspended the European Union’s ​border-free Schengen arrangements with ‌Spain since August 1 and said ‌it would maintain border controls until at least August 15. Rome said the measure would not affect Spanish or other EU citizens traveling to ‌Italy and would instead involve targeted checks on non-EU nationals arriving ⁠from ⁠Spain by air or sea. The Schengen Area allows passport-free travel across 29 European countries, although member states ​can temporarily reintroduce border ​controls on security or public-order grounds.