Originally Posted by
KARFA
spain was denying them entry whatever happened. As I said, this was about making a point, nothing to do with APIS. A diversion for a flight heading to LIS in to a Spanish airport would not have had this problem.
Passengers heading to LIS would have gone through the same "exit checks" when leaving the UK as passengers going to Spain. So, Spain can admit those, and their logic on this "Gibraltar" case would still stand.