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<\/p>\nGibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo insists the Rock\u2019s borders have not been surrendered after Britain agreed a new post-Brexit deal with Spain.<\/p>\n
He was grilled by Nigel Farage on GB News about a series of realities like Spanish officials carrying out dual border control checks for arrivals at Gibraltar airport.<\/p>\n
The Reform UK leader argued such a scenario makes the Rock \u201cslightly less British\u201d and represents another Labour surrender following the Chagos Islands handover to Mauritius.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have not surrendered and we would never surrender one grain of our land, one drop of our water or one breath of our air\u201d, Picardo responded in firm fashion.<\/p>\n
Nigel Farage grilled Fabian Picardo over what the deal means for the Rock<\/p>\n
GB NEWS \/ PA<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have not surrendered control of Gibraltar borders to anyone. Gibraltar\u2019s borders will only be controlled by the Borders and Coast Guard agents of His Majesty\u2019s Government of Gibraltar.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust behind me this afternoon in Casemates Square, we have cheered three times for His Majesty the King\u2019s birthday, and we have heard the national anthem played four times.\u201d<\/p>\n
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n He then explained what the process will be when a Briton arrives at Gibraltar\u2019s border.<\/p>\n \u201cA British border guard will determine whether you can enter Gibraltar\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n The deal was unveiled yesterday<\/p>\n GB NEWS<\/p>\n \u201cYou will then go on a cumulative check, the second check, which will be carried out by the Schengen authorities.<\/p>\n \u201cThat check will be carried out in an area which will be at the northern end of the Gibraltar Airport, which will be what we call the second line check area.<\/p>\n \u201cThis will be equidistant between Gibraltar and Spain. Gibraltar guards will have access to that area into Spain, and there you will get Schengen cleared.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you are a resident of Gibraltar, British resident of Gibraltar or any other nationality resident in Gibraltar, it will not be possible for a Schengen guard to deny you the right of return to Gibraltar.<\/p>\n \u201cThey will not be able to arrest you or detain you. We have done an excellent deal, which is what the people of Gibraltar wished for.\u201d<\/p>\n Nigel appeared uneasy at the prospect of being stopped by a Schengen guard.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is what the people of Gibraltar voted for\u201d, Picardo responded.<\/p>\n \u201cWe think that is, frankly, entirely acceptable because a British citizen that comes to Gibraltar, the vast majority of them, rightly use Gibraltar Airport to access the southern Spanish coasts.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter they walk through Gibraltar border guards, the next thing they do is go to a Schengen border guard who lets them in the Schengen area.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re bringing that together.\u201d<\/p>\n Nigel continued to express scepticism through facial expressions as Picardo continued to vehemently defend the deal which he says will ease border issues that have lingered with neighbouring Spain.<\/p>\n \u201cToday, Spain controls 15 million movements across Gibraltar\u2019s frontier\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n \u201cIf they choke us there, they can destroy our economy. In the future, she will control only the arrivals from third countries at Gibraltar\u2019s airport, closer to 750,000 movements.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the right deal for Gibraltar. That\u2019s why I have a mandate from the people of Gibraltar.\u201d<\/p>\n Nigel thanked Fabian for appearing on GB News to defend the deal before adding: \u201cWe\u2019re big supporters of Gibraltar, don\u2019t worry about that.\u201d<\/p>\n A long-running dispute over the sovereignty of Gibraltar has long been the elephant in the room in post-Brexit discussions with Spain.<\/p>\n Spanish officials claim Gibraltar belongs to them after the UK took control of the territory in the early 18th century.<\/p>\n Both Tory and Labour governments have remained steadfast in their stance that the territory will not be given up to Spain.<\/p>\n The deal explicitly states the treaty will not impact sovereignty and ensures the UK has full operational autonomy for its military facilities.<\/p>\n The Government said: “Immigration and law and order in Gibraltar will remain the exclusive responsibility of Gibraltar’s authorities.<\/p>\n “Spanish officials will be responsible for ensuring the integrity of the Schengen Area, in a model similar to French police operating in London’s St Pancras station.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo insists the Rock\u2019s borders have not been surrendered after Britain agreed a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5226],"tags":[802,748,2000,299,5187,1699,4884,12,285,16,1259,3106,15,6225,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-179332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brexit","8":"tag-brexit","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-european-union","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-politics","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-uk-news","19":"tag-uk-politics","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-video-news","22":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114672442490824210","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Fabian](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/fabian-picard-and-david-lammy.png\")
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