Gibraltar enters Schengen as border fence comes down under EU-UK treaty
Last updated: 22 minutes ago Crowds on both sides of the Gibraltar frontier celebrated overnight into Wednesday 15 July as the newly opened border brought an end to decades of routine checks, in what many described as a historic moment.
The border fence between Spain and the British territory of 38,000 people was fully removed at midnight under a treaty between the European Union and United Kingdom signed on Tuesday, ending years of post-Brexit wrangling.
EU trade representative Maros Sefcovic called it a special moment to see a fence come down after four years of negotiation, while Picardo said Gibraltar had become a "digital fortress" with new cameras and police.
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