Surprise border controls were requested by Spanish police on October 11 between La Línea and Gibraltar despite passport checks being suspended during Brexit negotiations over the Rock.

Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo vowed not to give in to Spain's “pressure tactics” after the reintroduction of passport controls at the La Verja crossing requiring passports to ...

Once the Spanish National Police stopped asking for passports, Gibraltar followed suit and the queues cleared. The police could not immediately be reached for comment. The status of Gibraltar ...

Gibraltar will effectively become part of Europe's passport-free travel area - the Schengen zone - though there is a different use of language from both sides on whether it will be "part of", or ...

Coverage of the statement in the House of Lords on the decision by Spanish authorities to open border and passport checks on the crossing to Gibraltar, on Tuesday 15 October.

Twenty-two EU states are in the passport-free Schengen zone, as are Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein, but the UK has never been in it. Once Gibraltar joins it, EU citizens arriving ...