Open AccessThe Portuguese–Spanish Border ... Back Again?!
Author(s) -
Iva Pires
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
borders in globalization review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-9913
DOI - 10.18357/bigr21202019871
Subject(s) - portuguese , european union , covid-19 , outbreak , geography , political science , international trade , business , medicine , virology , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Unexpectedly, over 30 years after the removal of border controls between Portugal and Spain as a result of their joint adhesion to the European Union, border restrictions were reinstated as a preventive measure to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). This paper discusses what has changed in the Portuguese–Spanish border as a consequence of the COVID-19 outbreak.