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territory so they re often smuggled into spain the spanish authorities are also on the lookout. for. we we have a. rescue operation. we have. there are. two danino and every gibraltarian the border is a symbol of three hundred years of friction between spain and britain in the eighteenth century the spanish laid siege to the rock twice attempting to recapture it by force. in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine spanish dictator francisco franco closed the border completely and imposed an economic blockade. for seventeen years the peninsula had to be supplied by sea and air. ernest any no remembers that
we have a. rescue operation. we have. to do and you know and every gibraltarian the border is a symbol of three hundred years of friction between spain and britain in the eighteenth century the spanish laid siege to the rock twice attempting to recapture it by force. in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine spanish dictator francisco franco close the border completely and imposed an economic blockade. for seventeen years the peninsula had to be supplied by sea and air which ernest and you know remembers that era and has no desire to see it repeated one reason he and ninety six percent of gibraltar voted against. the e.u.
tip of spain for hundreds of years gibraltar has been a thorn in the side of u.k. spanish relations both claim sovereignty and attempts by the two nations to are now their differences have repeatedly failed now with bricks and approaching british people here are worried that outside the e.u. single market trade and travel will become harder and threaten not just their economy but their identity. for the first time in three stormy days ernest and his customs agents can go back out on patrol they re looking primarily for contraband cigarettes which are cheaper in this british overseas territory so they re often smuggled in to spain the spanish authorities are also on the lookout. for. we have a. rescue operation. there
we have a. rescue operation. we have. there are. two danino and every gibraltarian the border is a symbol of three hundred years of friction between spain and britain in the eighteenth century the spanish laid siege to the rock twice attempting to recapture it by force. in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine spanish dictator francisco franco close the border completely and imposed an economic blockade. for seventeen years the peninsula had to be supplied by sea and air which ernest any know remembers that era and has no desire to see it repeated one reason he and ninety six percent of gibraltar voted against. the e.u.