Spain and UK in diplomatic row over Gibraltar
Spain imposes new security checks on traffic entering and leaving British colony after artificial reef installed.
Published On 6 Aug 2013
Spain is being accused of behaving like North Korea in a dispute over the British territory of Gibraltar.
The comments were made by Gibraltar’s Chief Minister after Madrid, which has never given up its claim on the island, proposed a border crossing fee and an airspace ban as a response to installing of an artificial concrete reef along its coast.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was seriously concerned about the situation.
Al Jazeera’s Paul Brennan reports.