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Return of the Schengen THE government of Gibraltar has warned that the fluid border with Spain could come to an end in November. With 15,000 people crossing the border each day, ease of movement is crucial to the economic and social fabric of the Rock. But two new Schengen border control systems could scupper that fluidity. Both the EES and ETIAS systems are slated to come into force in November, before a post-Brexit deal is expected to be agreed. Spanish border forces have already begun installing the necessary scanners and infrastructure, according to the government.
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Meanwhile Gibraltar ‘would enhance its own border control infrastructure’ in the event negotiations fail. With barriers growing up on both sides of the border, it would put an end to the relaxed approach to border control currently in effect. This would mean the ‘use of e-gates and automated systems which would also process biometric data as is becoming customary at borders across the globe.’ Gibraltarians and any other Brits on the Rock would then be required to meet strict Schengen requirements to enter Spain like any citizen of a third country. They include providing proof of accommodation and return to Gibraltar, as well as having enough money in the bank during your stay. Visitors will also need to prove they are not overstaying the 90-in180 day rule and also have the €7 ETIAS permission to enter the EU.
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UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against Manchester City star Rodri and Spain captain Alvaro Morata for leading chants of Gibraltar es español (Gibraltar is Spanish). Spain’s victory over England in the Euro 2024 final has once again reignited the country’s ire over the status of its tiny southern neighbour. The Spanish team started singing the provocative chants during their raucous celebrations in Madrid after beating En-
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Corrosive conduct gland 2-1 on July 15. The song was enthusiastically taken up by the crowd, and a poll conducted by a Spanish television channel found 54% of the country approves of it – especially on the far-right. Rodri and Morata have been hit with four charges, including violating the rules of decent conduct, using the sport to make a political statement and bringing the game into disrepute.
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Investigation is launched after PSOE politician evicts vulnerable British mumof-three from her home
A BRITISH expat and her three children are demanding justice after being kicked out of their Costa del Sol home ‘without any warning’. ‘Devastated’ Lydia Preston Sweeney, 52, was given just 15 minutes to leave her Benahavis house by her landlord and former PSOE mayoral candidate Luis Feito Miragaya (pictured below). The left-wing politician, who campaigned for housing reform just last year, is said to have turned up to the two-bedroom property on July 17, flanked by three court representatives.
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flight attendant managed to pack just three bags of clothes. She was told the house, where she had lived without issue for threeand-a-half years, would be sealed and she could pick up the rest of her things at a later date with a police escort. However after a visit to social services, she claims she returned that same day to find her belongings being dumped into bin bags and thrown into the garage by Miragaya and his family. Complete shock She told the Olive Press: “We came Lydia was informed that her rent here with the illusion of a better life had not been paid since January and on the sunny Costa del Sol, you don’t that she needed to vacate the prop- think things like this will happen. erty immediately. “I am completely devastated, I’m But Lydia, from Liverpool, claims tired, I haven’t slept in two nights she never received any warnings and I’ve got awful headaches. about the eviction. “I’m putting on a brave face for the OUT IN THE COLD: (left to right) Harry, 9, Peter, 10, Lyla, 12, Her abusive ex-husband is children but I can’t put it into and Lydia, 52, have been thrown out of their home court-ordered to cover her words, I’m in shock. criminal courts for months. Lydia and her family, Lyla, 12, Perent and maintenance bills, “This ‘man of the people’ knew and she had contacted the I was a vulnerable person living The expat was unable to cover the ter, 10 and Harry, 9, have now been costs by herself and thought she homeless for over a week, relying on courts on multiple occasions there with three kids.” to warn that he had not been She added: “He’s a PSOE pol- would be protected by a law stating the kindness of family and friends to doing so. itician so his party is meant to ‘vulnerable’ people cannot be evict- get by. “Spain is meant to be a civilised “I was in a complete panic,” she stand up for people like ed (Real Decreto-ley 11/2020). told the Olive Press. me, but he’s had the When explaining her situation gar- country,” she said. “I’m crying my eyes biggest hand in get- nered no sympathy, she called a law- “We are a decent family, we get inyer, who advised her to comply. volved in the local community, so out, my 12-year-old ting me evicted.” for our lives to change overnight daughter is too, she is Seeing her belonglike this makes me lose all hope. I completely traumaings ‘thrown’ into the Homeless tised, she’s not herdirt was ‘humiliating’ Despite court representatives claim- just can’t believe it.” self anymore and and when she pro- ing they had notified Lydia about the She plans to report the incident to is hardly speaktested, Lydia claims impending eviction, social services the Spanish ombudsman, as well as ing.” Miragaya ‘ignored’ her, have not been able to find any evi- the Consejo General de Poder JudiThe expat of 10 ‘speaking on his phone dence of this and have launched an cial (the General Council of the Judiciary). years and former the whole time’. investigation into the matter. Miragaya, who ran for mayor of The sin- The eviction notice was issued by Benahavis last year, vowed to priorgle mum Marbella Civil Court which did not itise ‘citizen wellbeing’, stating: “It’s was well communicate with the criminal time for housing…We will create aware the court where Lydia had reported her public housing for families that the rent had former husband for not paying the young people of Benahavis need.” *Data extracted from process closure surveys after using our roadside assistance and breakdown services. not been rent. See pages 15 & 16 Miragaya and the PSOE declined to paid and “There is a process that should comment when contacted by the Ol*Data extracted from process closure surveys after using our roadside assistance and breakdown services. had been have been followed, if it had been, I ive Press. TheOlivePress-256x170-Multi2404.indd 1 2/4/24 11:56 r e p o r t - wouldn’t be on the street with three ing it to children,” she said. Page 6 TheOlivePress-256x170-Multi2404.indd 1 2/4/24 Opinion 11:56
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