Madrid unilaterally extends protection for (400.000) Britons living in Spain

Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 07:24 UTC

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Spain's cabinet has approved measures for Britons in Spain to continue living there as now if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said the main purpose was that no-one, British or Spanish, would be left unprotected. Spain estimates that the measures, which would become law under a no-deal Brexit, would grant residency rights to about 400,000 UK citizens. Read full article

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The contingency plan will also cover Gibraltar, although certain additional provisions may apply, including Spain's power of veto over issues relating to the British Overseas Territory in any future agreement between the UK and the EU.

Some 9,000 Spanish citizens work in Gibraltar, and the government in Madrid says the measures would be contingent on them receiving the same rights as British citizens, El País says.

The Spanish want Gibraltar decolonized and returned under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht. But there is a problem with this.
Treaty of Utrecht Return Clause:(1 pg)
https://www.academia.edu/37913231/Gibraltar_-Treaty_of_Utrecht_Return_Clause
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