David Lammy and territory’s chief minister to meet with EU and Spain to get Eurostar-style arrangement over the line
The UK and Gibraltar are on the brink of an agreement which would see Eurostar-style dual border controls implemented at the territory’s airport.
David Lammy, the foreign secretary, and Fabian Picardo, Gibraltar’s chief minister, are meeting EU and Spanish negotiators in Brussels today in a bid to get the deal over the line.
The UK and Spain have been engaged in on-off negotiations for four years over Gibraltar’s land border with Spain. The talks have been focused on allowing free movement between two territories by seeing Gibraltar enter the EU’s passport-free Schengen area.
Under the terms of the agreement being thrashed out on Wednesday, travellers arriving at Gibraltar airport would show their passports to British and Spanish border officers.
