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Freedom of Movement Between Gibraltar and Spain Established After British Territory's Border Fence Removed

Thousands of individuals who travel regularly between the southern tip of Spain and the British territory of Gibraltar will experience a significant change beginning on Wednesday, 15 July. The official opening, which occurred at midnight on Tuesday following the removal of a border fence, allows for enhanced freedom of movement under a historic treaty between the European Union and the United Kingdom. This development follows years of negotiatio…

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Diario de CádizDiario de Cádiz
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The humiliating thing isn't that Gibraltar is a foreign colony; what's truly humiliating is that successive Spanish governments have cynically accepted, for centuries, that thousands of Spaniards must cross that border daily as their only option for work. Moreover, they endure endless customs queues, fearing that the Civil Guard officer on duty might discover the quarter-pound of loose tobacco hidden in their clothing—a sad way of supplementing …

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Authors like Trino Cruz, Gabriel Moreno or Rebecca Calderón celebrate the agreement of the Spanish and British governments, a dream long cherished by the inhabitants of the Rock: "This makes us think that there will be much more connection, contact and collaboration with the cultural world of Andalusia and Spain"Gibraltar, without Verja: the day the border became street "Illo, illo, illo! That the treaty is implemented today, that the final fron…

·Madrid, Spain
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In accordance with an agreement between Spain and Great Britain, the fence between the town of La Línea de la Concepción in southern Spain and the British territory of Gibraltar has been removed.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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On July 15, Gibraltar and Spain abolished routine land border checks. The groundbreaking change is a result of the EU-UK post-Brexit agreement.

·Warsaw, Poland
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