Gibraltar to join Schengen, meaning border checks for Brits – but not Spain

The London Economic ^ | 12/22/20 | Henry Goodwin

[Meatspace]

Gibraltar is poised to strike a deal to enter the Schengen free movement area – meaning Brits will be required to show their passports on arrival, but people coming from Spain will not.

Up to 15,000 Spaniards cross the country’s land border to work on the Rock – which has a population of less than 34,000 – each day.

Brexit means that, from 1 January, Madrid would have been able to create a hard border between Spain and Gibraltar – which would have drastic effects for the territory’s economy.

[Reno89519]

Guess in not too many years Gibraltor will be returned to Spain.

[Meatspace]

I agree.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Small price for Brexit.

[ml/nj]

Madrid would have been able to create a hard border between Spain and Gibraltar – which would have drastic effects for the territory’s economy.

It was VERY hard when I was in La Linea, Spain, in 1978. One could LOOK at the border but not cross. The only way, then, to get to Gibraltar was to go to Africa or someplace outside of Spain, and go from there to Gibraltar.

ML/NJ

[scrabblehack]

Even the queen (the titular head of state, but not the head of the government??)

[Cronos]

I don’t think so. Gibraltar people don’t want to join Spain. And Spain may very well soon lose Catalonia and Basque country.

More likely northern Ireland will join the Republic.

Also likely for Scotland to leave the UK more than Gibraltar