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Spain has adopted a relatively relaxed approach to border controls for Gibraltar residents with red identity cards.<\/p>\n
However, even though these are not being stamped, many Gibraltarians are reporting their cards are being scanned, significantly lengthening the time it takes to get into Spain.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for No. 6 Convent Place, the office of the national government, told the Gibraltar Chronicle: \u201cThe latest changes implemented by the Spanish authorities at the frontier are unhelpful.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are causing problems, in particular, for the Spanish frontier workers.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cGibraltar has today reluctantly started reciprocal, ad hoc, scanning of non-UK citizens documentation.”<\/p>\n
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo added: \u201cObviously one lane will move faster in one jurisdiction and the other will move fast in the other jurisdiction.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s reciprocity and that\u2019s what we have to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m afraid there\u2019s no way out of that principle other than \u2013 as I hope we will manage to do \u2013 to either stand down back to the interim position we were holding before, or to finalise this treaty negotiation and have the fluidity that we all hope, and we all continue to say, is what we think is best for all people in the region and can lead to greater prosperity for Gibraltar and for the region.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Don’t miss… <\/strong> Mr Picardo continued: \u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing here, I don\u2019t think is purely political.<\/p>\n \u201cBut you won\u2019t persuade any Gibraltarian, let alone me, that there isn\u2019t a political strand to what we\u2019re seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n In Spain, the finger has been pointed at Gibraltar , with critics accusing the Rock of failing to make provisions for people on two-wheeled modes of transport such as motorbikes, bicycles and scooters.<\/p>\n A statement issued by Spanish cross-border workers\u2019 association Ascteg called for clarity, adding: “It’s the first time that Gibraltar has to be blamed for the queues and delays.<\/p>\n Speaking at the weekend, acting Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told Europa Press the tensions ran counter to the “constructive spirit” in which the post-Brexit treaty was being negotiated.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, Mr Albares was hopeful that an agreement could be finalised \u201cas soon as possible\u201d.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cGibraltar had been aware for some days now of this measure, which was precisely to facilitate the flow of cross-border workers.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we want is greater fluidity in the crossing between Gibraltar and the Campo de Gibraltar.<\/p>\n \u201cThe necessary infrastructure on the Gibraltar side has not been implemented to allow for that two-wheeled flow, and that\u2019s what\u2019s created the bottleneck.\u201d<\/p>\n
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