The Government says it notes, “with disappointment”, the European Parliament’s objection, today, to the entry into force of the European Commission’s decision to remove certain jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, from the EU’s list of ‘high-risk’ third-countries with strategic deficiencies as regards anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”).
A 32-year-old Algerian national, Hassan Kaswat, of No Fixed Abode, has been charged under the Immigration, Asylum and Refugee Act after he was rescued from the sea by a Gibraltar Pilots vessel yesterday afternoon, approximately 500m off Rosia Bay.
The Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia took full advantage of their visit to London in order to put across the views of Gibraltar on a whole range of issues.