Starting July 15 (15 July for our European friends), Gibraltar will align with the Schengen area. It will not become part of Schengen officially but will act as if it is. Mostly.
It means no border checks between Spain and Gibraltar. It also means entering Gibraltar from outside the Schengen area will mean going through both Gibraltar immigration as well as Schengen immigration.
a wonderful quote from that Indie piece:
The Conservative Party negotiated the original Brexit deal. Priti Patel, now the shadow foreign secretary, said: “Gibraltar is British. Its people want it to stay that way. British sovereignty over Gibraltar must be upheld.
Shadow foreign secretary meaning that she is now the Conservative Party parliamentary lead on foreign affairs. The people of Gibraltar voted 96% against Brexit in the referendum - there's a message in that! And she wonders why she is known as Priti Useless.......
Let's face it , the vast majority of people in this forum (and the UK) have no intention of going there even if they could find it on a map. But you have to ask, what implications will this have for the Republic of Ireland? This could be massive.....
