Spain has expanded this Saturday to seven airports the random, non-systematic border controls for travelers from Italy, which began at midnight in Madrid and Barcelona and which in the coming hours will also extend to the airports of the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands.
Sources from the Ministry of the Interior have informed EFE that, after their implementation at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas and Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airports, throughout the morning the controls have been extended to Málaga, Seville, Bilbao, Alicante, and Valencia.
The main Italian airports of origin whose flights are subject to these controls are Fiumicino and Ciampino, in Rome; Malpensa, in Milan; Naples, Venice, and Florence, a list that, according to the Interior Ministry, will increase in the coming days.
A hundred National Police officers assigned to border posts are carrying out these controls, which they are simultaneously performing with the rest of their specialized duties.
Between 5 and 10% of travelers
In air traffic, each plane is controlled by between two and four police officers, depending on the number of passengers, who verify the documentation of between 5 and 10% of the travelers.
This represents an average of about 15 people controlled on flights operated with medium-sized aircraft and about 25 on larger capacity planes.
The Interior Ministry had already specified this Saturday that these controls are carried out randomly and non-systematically on citizens of third countries, whose compliance with the requirements established in the Schengen Borders Code is checked.
The controls are carried out at the exit of the boarding bridge, without diverting the passenger flow to an external border control area.
The reestablishment of controls also affects maritime traffic from Italy. This Saturday, only one cruise ship from that country is scheduled to arrive in Spain, which will dock tonight at the Cruise Terminal of the Port of Barcelona, and whose travelers will also undergo random checks.
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