Relations between Rome and Madrid have deteriorated sharply in recent weeks, as a dispute over migration has escalated into one of the most serious diplomatic confrontations between the two southern European countries in recent years.
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What began with Italy reintroducing border controls on travellers arriving from Spain, after a mass influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, has developed into a tit-for-tat stand-off.
Spain has since imposed its own checks on travellers arriving from Italy, while Madrid has demanded that Rome lift its restrictions.
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