Brexit: Gibraltar gets UK-Spain deal to keep open border
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image captionGibraltar relies on thousands of Spanish workers commuting daily
Spain has reached a deal with the UK to maintain free movement to and from Gibraltar once the UK formally leaves the EU on Friday.
To avoid a hard border, Gibraltar will join the EU s Schengen zone and follow other EU rules, while remaining a British Overseas Territory.
The deal was announced by Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya, just hours before the UK exits the EU.
The Rock voted Remain in 2016 and about 15,000 Spanish workers go there daily.
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Gibraltar s border with Spain still in doubt after Brexit FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 file photo, an eerial view of Gibraltar rock seen from the neighbouring Spanish city of La Linea, during a general election in Gibraltar. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo, File) | Photo: AP By JOSEPH WILSON and BARRY HATTON Updated: December 28, 2020 09:20 AM Created: December 28, 2020 12:36 AM
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - While corks may have popped in London and Brussels over the end to a four-year saga known as Brexit, there is one rocky speck of British soil still left in limbo.
Gibraltar, a British colony jutting off the southern tip of Spain s mainland, wasn t included in the Brexit trade deal announced on Christmas Eve between the European Union and the United Kingdom to reorganize the commercial and trade relations between the now 27-member bloc and the first nation to exit