22 Nov, 2024 @ 17:17
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Spain’s ‘rogue border officer’ starts stamping Gibraltar passports again: Friday afternoon timing spares Spanish workers crossing the frontier 

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A ‘ROGUE’ Spanish border officer started stamping the passports of Gibraltarians entering Spain again for an hour on Friday afternoon.

According to residents who crossed the border, the official was ‘under strict instructions from Madrid’, although it was reported that the order was rescinded around 2pm.

“They do it on a Friday because most Spanish workers don’t need to go to Gibraltar on the weekend,” one Gibraltarian complained.

“So my question is: why don’t they do it on Monday morning when Spanish workers go to work early in the morning?

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A line of cars queuing at the Gibraltar border. Photo credit: Isabel Infantes

“They are playing with us – we need to do the same to them.”

A statement from the Gibraltar government blamed ‘the same rogue officer deployed by the Spanish Policia Nacional at the frontier between Gibraltar and Spain.’

It follows on from a similar episode on another Friday last month, when the officer was held responsible for causing snaking border queues.

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Gibraltar claimed he had ‘taken steps at the frontier to countermand the transitional provisions agreed between the governments of Spain, the United Kingdom, the European Union and Gibraltar, which enables both Spain and Gibraltar not to require individuals moving between Gibraltar and the Schengen area to show their passports if they are remaining in Gibraltar or Spain.’

It went on to state that it would ‘start reciprocating immediately’ if the order wasn’t stopped, although the timing on a Friday means that such measures would have a reduced impact at least initially. 

“Once again, decisions of the type taken today by the rogue officer in question cause difficulties for ordinary people who need or wish to move from one side of the frontier to the other,” the government statement concluded.

READ MORE: Brits ‘barred’ from entering Spain ‘because of Brexit’ after their easyJet flight was diverted from Gibraltar to Malaga

It has been reported that the issue stems from the Spanish border chief, who wrote a letter to officials at the Immigration and Borders claiming that the transitional provisions to waive border controls with Gibraltar had no legal basis.

Algeciras newspaper Europa Sur claims that he demanded they ‘have legislation that justifies the procedure with the Gibraltarians and, if none is found, that signed and written instructions be given in which the zeal and the consideration with which the Schengen Borders Code must be applied to the aforementioned citizens of third countries be set out.’

Negotiations to seal a deal for Gibraltar’s border are ongoing between the territory, the UK, Spain and the EU – but so far without fruit.

Walter Finch

Walter Finch, who comes from a background in video and photography, is keen on reporting on and investigating organised crime, corruption and abuse of power. He is fascinated by the nexus between politics, business and law-breaking, as well as other wider trends that affect society.
Born in London but having lived in six countries, he is well-travelled and worldly. He studied Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and earned his diploma in journalism from London's renowned News Associates during the Covid era.
He got his first break in the business working on the Foreign News desk of the Daily Mail's online arm, where he also helped out on the video desk.
He then decided to escape the confines of London and returned to Spain in 2022, having previously lived in Barcelona for many years.
He took up up a reporter role with the Olive Press Newspaper and today he is based in La Linea de la Concepcion at the heart of a global chokepoint and crucial maritime hub, where he edits the Olive Press Gibraltar edition.
He is also the deputy news editor across all editions of the newspaper.

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