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Spanish Border Guards to Patrol Gibraltar Under New Brexit Deal
The treaty ends routine passport controls for 15,000 daily cross-border workers and sets a customs model while preserving UK sovereignty over Gibraltar.
- On Thursday, the UK and the Government of Gibraltar published a draft treaty that states it `shall not constitute the basis for any assertion or denial of sovereignty` and is set to be signed in March.
- Post‑Brexit negotiations since 2020 prompted the draft treaty, with core aspects agreed in June 2025 to end queues and provide certainty for Gibraltar businesses and workers.
- Removing routine checks, the treaty lets 15,000 daily crossers pass the land border without passport controls, uses a bespoke customs model to cut goods checks, and requires dual controls for air and sea arrivals.
- The pact keeps Gibraltar's tax exemptions intact, with no VAT or sales tax, and UK nationals not resident in Gibraltar will have time spent there counted toward the Schengen 90 days in any 180-day period.
- Parliament will scrutinise the treaty amid heated debate over constitutional impacts, with Mr Doughty saying `There is nothing to hide here` and rejecting Chagos comparisons as `completely erroneous`.
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The minister explained that the primary goal of the agreement is to make the daily lives of citizens easier.
From April on, no passports will be checked at the border between Spain and the British Crown Colony of Gibraltar. Extensive checks on goods will also be eliminated.
Between the Rock and a hard place: Gibraltar’s new post-Brexit rules
The UK, Gibraltar and the EU are set to end “almost a decade of uncertainty for the British overseas territory since the Brexit referendum”, said London’s The Standard.A draft treaty drawn up by the three governments aims to “protect British sovereignty, UK military autonomy and secure Gibraltar’s economic future”. Madrid will hope, however, that this deal drags the territory further towards Spanish control.What is in the treaty?Though not fully…
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