Gibraltar: The Rock that fears a Brexit

Gibraltar

From the sun-scorched tip of Spain, Charles Catania has a message for British voters as they make up their minds whether to remain in the European Union.

"People in the UK need to think of it from our perspective," said the 62-year-old pensioner. "They are an island surrounded by friends. Our situation is different." Like two family generations before him, Mr Catania is one of the 33,000 inhabitants of Gibraltar, a British overseas enclave for more than three centuries and disputed by Spain for much of it. Dependent on an open border for trade and labour, few places can be as keen to remain in the European single market as what is known as the Rock.