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Many of the mostly British residents of Gibraltar, which has been under British rule since 1713, are uneasy about Spain's plans to jointly govern the peninsula now that Britain has voted to leave Europe. Mana Rabiee reports.
La Línea de la Concepción (Spain), Jan 1 (EFE), (Camera: Andrés Carrasco).- The Gibraltar fence will be demolished in a few months due to the agreement reached between Spain and the United Kingdom, by which the British colony will be part of the Schengen area and will have border controls only at the airport and the port.FOOTAGE OF GIBRALTAR.
Gibraltar, Dec 31 (EFE).- Spain and the United Kingdom on Thursday came to a draft agreement to avoid a hard border in Gibraltar after Brexit.FOOTAGE OF THE GIBRALTAR BARRIER.
Madrid, Dec 28 (EFE).- Spain will begin customs and immigration checks on the Gibraltar border at the start of 2021 absent an accord with the United Kingdom on the territory's post-Brexit links with the European Union, the foreign minister said Monday, though she added that people who cross the boundary daily for work will not be affected."If there is an agreement in principle, we could modulate mobility on the Gibraltar border. And if there is no agreement in principle, it is an EU external border with a third country and modulation is impossible," Spain's top diplomat said.
French and Spanish farmers gather on their tractors in Biriatou, on the border between the two countries, with the aim of joining forces to make their demands heard, particularly at European level. IMAGES