Waves of anger over sickness cruise ship FIRST Edition

The problems turned political when the ship docked in Gibraltar and Spain closed its border to the outcrop for the first time in more than 30 years. 'There is absolutely no justification to deny passengers access, still less for the Spanish authorities to close the landline,' he said. ...

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Published inBirmingham post (Birmingham, England)
Main Author Pat Hurst and Caroline Gammell
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Birmingham (UK) Mirror Regional Newspapers 04.11.2003
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Caruana, Peter
Straw, Jack
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Summary:The problems turned political when the ship docked in Gibraltar and Spain closed its border to the outcrop for the first time in more than 30 years. 'There is absolutely no justification to deny passengers access, still less for the Spanish authorities to close the landline,' he said. 'I think if Spain were not claiming sovereignty of Gibraltar the frontier would not be closed as a result of this incident.' 'The reality of it is that the Spanish appear to trust the health authorities of neither Gibraltar nor the UK, both of which have made it perfectly clear that there is no risk to public health,' he said. [Francis Cantos], a spokesman from the Gibraltar government, said the border was being manned by armed Spanish police.